Changes Mark 2008-2009 Junior Season & U.S. SQUASH Launches Junior Championship Tour
Changes Mark 2008-2009 Junior Season
With the popularity of off-season tournaments, both domestically and internationally, squash has become a year-round sport for juniors in the United States. Junior squash players have the opportunity to sharpen...
Battle of the Border
After a weekend of exciting competition at the White Oaks Resort and Spa in Ontario, Canada, Sunday’s match score in the Ontario-American Challenge stood tied at 12-12. In the tiebreaker, determined by total number of...
2007-2008 Scholar Athletes
Given to high school student athletes who achieved a minimum GPA of 3.5 (or B+ equivalent) in school and earned a U.S. SQUASH Final Season ranking, U.S. SQUASH recognized 112 Scholar-Athletes who participated in...
US Climbs Back Toward the Top Junior Men’s team finishes 10th in Switzerland
By Scott Leighton
Photos by Steve Line/SquashPics.com
A few days before the individual competition kicked off the 2008 World Junior Men’s Championships in Zurich, Switzerland, the US Junior Men’s team spent a day sightseeing by taking...
Publishers Note Changing Focus
By Jay D. Prince
It’s taken me 45 years to figure this out, but our outcome oriented society doesn’t mesh very well with sports.
At least not as players of sports. Take just about any sport,...
Junior Squash Changes for the 2008-09 Season & U.S. Junior Team Preps in Rochester
U.S. SQUASH is considering these changes to the Junior Squash competitive structure for the 2008-2009 season. There are four different categories where important changes will take place: national championships, tournament structure and formats, rankings,...
Junior Men’s Team Selected
The team that will represent the United States at the 2008 World Junior Squash Championships in Switzerland, July 27-August 7, was finalized at the Meadow Mill Athletic Club in Baltimore, Maryland. With Todd Harrity...
Soon to be “TOPS”
As U.S. SQUASH launches implementation of its three-year strategic plan focused on growing membership, building awareness and increasing participation, a core component of building awareness outside of squash ties directly to the performance of the...
Juniors Honored with DeRoy Sportsmanship and Treddy Ketcham Awards
The James DeRoy Sportsmanship Award is presented each year at the US Junior Closed Championships (Gold). The award is given annually to one male and one female ranked junior U.S. SQUASH member who has...
Record Turnout For Berwyn Bronze Battle
More than 200 participants converged on the Berwyn Squash & Fitness center in Berwyn, PA, April 4-6, for the 2008 U.S. Junior Bronze Championships. The 50% rise in entries from last year necessitated the...