{"id":2417,"date":"2026-03-03T13:58:46","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T13:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.proracquetballstats.com\/?p=2417"},"modified":"2026-03-03T13:58:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T13:58:48","slug":"usar-high-school-nationals-2026-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.proracquetballstats.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/03\/usar-high-school-nationals-2026-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"USAR High School Nationals 2026 Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Grant Williams takes his first USAR High School title. Photo via USAR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Last weekend, the 38th annual USA Racquetball High School Nationals were held at the Vetta Sports clubs in St. Louis. Fitting since this is the home of the unique High School racquetball league that is responsible for a bit chunk of the junior development in this country right now. (note: the event generally flips between St. Louis and Portland every year and has for most of the last 2 decades).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

R2sports link: https:\/\/www.r2sports.com\/portfolio\/r2-event.asp?TID=50422<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note: the Pro Racquetball Stats database does not store this information, but I do have it in a big XLS that i’ll link to here: https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1esBFXB4YrQNorKH6peEMJfAmCgenqev9TCyOE3IFlpk\/edit?usp=sharing<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Singles Winners:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boys Singles\/#1 Gold: long-time USA Junior National team member and last year’s runner up @Grant Williams took the title, beating Mexican Junior national team member Alejandro Robles Picon in the final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Girls Singles\/#1 Gold: Andrea Perez-Picon, fresh off of a finals appearance at World Juniors 16U, won her third straight High School Nationals title, beating Violet Kennedy in the final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Doubles Winners:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Boys Doubles #1: Ayan Sharma & Geffen Kama from Amador Valley High School, CA took the #1 doubles title, representing the 209 well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Girls Doubles #1: Alexis Boyko & Rebecca Christopher from the St. Louis powerhouse Kirkwood took the Girls title as the #1 seed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Mixed Doubles #1: The PIcon duo of Alejandro Robles Picon & Andrea Perez-Picon teamed up to cruise to the Mixed Doubles title, giving them both double golds for the weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Team Winners:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Overall Team: Kirkwood HS, St. Louis, MO<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Boys Team: Kirkwood HS, St. Louis, MO<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Girls Team: Kirkwood HS, St. Louis, MO<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the third year in a row, Kirkwood has pulled ahead of the entire field to sweep all three team competitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Home page for the Missouri HS league does a great job of record keeping: bookmark their home page here: https:\/\/www.mohsrball.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Congrats to all 311 players and all sponsors\/parents\/coordinators for another awesome HS nationals event, and thanks to everyone who keeps the Missouri and Portland-area HS leagues so well run. You’re doing a massive part to keeping grass roots racquetball alive in this country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last weekend, the 38th annual USA Racquetball High School Nationals were held at the Vetta Sports clubs in St. Louis. Fitting since this is the home of the unique High School racquetball league that is responsible for a bit chunk of the junior development in this country right now. (note: the event generally flips between … <\/p>\n

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