2012 Winter Blast Junior Racquetball Tournament Results

Several Lincoln players participated in the 2012 Winter Blast Junior Racquetball Tournament this past weekend at the Sunset Athletic Club.  This was a great tune up after winter break and a chance to get ready for the Oregon State High School Championships in three weeks.

The following players placed in their divisions.

Player	Place	Division
Will Hoge	First	Boys 16 and Under Blue
Sam Moser	Fourth	Boys 16 and Under Blue
Ben Ritt	Third	Boys 16 and Under Red
Sam Reid	First	Boys 18 and Under Gold
Harris Rosendahl	First	Boys 18 and Under Red
Alex Meyer	Third	Boys 18 and Under Red
Alan Beard	Fourth	Boys 18 and Under Red
Sam Reid/Alex Meyer	First	Advanced Doubles
Alan Beard	Second	Advanced Singles White
Sam Reid	First	Elite Singles Gold
Harris Rosendahl	Second	Elite Singles Red

Practice Schedule Week of January 8, 2012

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We will have practice at our regular times this week.  Let's practice hard in preparation of the final League Match #4 next Saturday January 14th.  Practice is as follows:

Sunday 5-6:30, 6:30 - 8:00 pm

Monday 7-8:30 pm

Tuesday 7:30-9:00 pm

Remember, the State High School Racquetball Championships start on Wednesday January 25th for some players, Thursday January 26th for others.

Bruce Reid

League Match #3 - Results

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Attached are the updated Boys, Girls and Team Rankings after League Match #3.

Special congratulations to the following players who improved their ranking by more than 5% between LM#2 and LM#3, which is tremendous!! I've listed players in order of highest % change in ranking:

Ryan Brady

Theo Leach

Catherine Barton

Nate Chock

Will Hoge

Stacey Abrams (Now the #10 ranked girl in Oregon HS !)

Rachel Wolfard

Jack Edwards

Clayton Ross

Also, note that the Lincoln Black team is in 4th place for the top League Match rankings, and Lincoln Gold is #10.  The top 8-10 teams will square off at the same venue (location TBD) for the Team Championship during LM#4 on 1/14/12.  Lincoln Black, and perhaps Lincoln Gold, will partipate in the team championship.

New Players – DO NOT BE DISCOURAGED IF YOU WENT BACKWARDS IN YOUR RANKINGS AFTER LM#3.  This is normal, part of the learning curve.  You are playing lots of new players, and you are still figuring out the gaem. With practice, you will improve.

Second year players and beyond – DO BE CONCERNED IF YOU WENT BACKWARDS IN YOUR RANKING. This means that you are not practicing enough, or not practicing with focus.  Talk to one of the coaches and we will help you with this.

The team standings have also been updated.  Lincoln’s Black (tied for 4th place) and Gold (10th place) teams are among the leaders out of 42 teams.  Go Cards!

	Rank	Points
Black	T4	179
Gold	10	168
Red	16	126
White	24	102
Blue	32	66

Bruce Reid