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USHA ONE-WALL TRIVIA
Last updated 10/14/06

*NOTE that the questions and answers are based exclusively on USHA National 1-Wall "Outdoor" Championships. In most cases we will provide the three best answers.

A. GENERAL - CAN YOU IDENTIFY THESE RECORD HOLDERS?

  1. Most open singles titles.
  2. Most open doubles titles.
  3. Most titles in open events (singles and doubles combined).
  4. Most CONSECUTIVE open singles championships
  5. Most CONSECUTIVE open doubles championships
  6. Most CONSECUTIVE slams (won open singles and doubles in the same year).

B. LONGEVITY (GREATEST TIME SPAN, IN YEARS, BETWEEN FIRST AND LAST WIN).

  1. open singles.
  2. open doubles
  3. slam (open singles and doubles in same year)

C. JUNIOR DIVISIONS

  1. The only player to ever win the triple crown (1, 3, & 4-wall titles in the same year) as a junior player.
HINT - It was in the 16 & under boys singles events.


Great care has been taken to verify all information compiled on this page. Send any additions, changes, errors, or omissions to handball@ushandball.org so that the page can be updated.


Answers

A. General

1. Open Singles

  • Men - Joe Durso 9, Steve Sandler 7 and Oscar Obert 6
  • Women - Anna Calderon 5, Sheila Maroschick and Tracey Davis 4
2. Open Doubles
  • Men - Albert Apuzzi 8, Joe Durso 7 and Ruby Obert 6
  • Women - Barbara Canton-Jackson and Dori Ten-Apuzzi 5 and Theresa McCourt 4
3. Combined
    Men - Joe Durso 16 (9 + 7), Oscar Obert 11 (6 + 5), Albert Apuzzi 10 (2 + 8)
  • Women - Anna Calderon 8 (5 + 3) and  Barbara Canton-Jackson and Dori Ten-Apuzzi 7 (2 + 5)
4. Consecutive Singles
  • Men - Joe Durso and Steve Sandler 6, Oscar Obert 3
  • Women - Anna Calderon 5, Sheila Maroschick  and Tracey Davis 3
5. Consecutive Doubles
  • Men - Albert Apuzzi 7, Oscar Obert and Ruby Obert 5
  • Women - Adrian Floyd, Karen McConney and Theresa McCourt 3, Anna Calderon, Barbara Canton-Jackson, and Dori Ten 2
6. Consecutive Slams
  • Men - Joe Durso 4, Oscar Obert 3, Albert Apuzzi, Yuber Castro, Eduardo Maisonet, Steve Sandler, Wally Ulbrich, and Al Torres 1
  • Women - Barbara Canton-Jackson 2, Tracey Davis, Karen McConney, Theresa McCourt, Deidre Stringfield and Dori Ten-Apuzzi 1
B. Longevity
    Singles
    • Men - Steve Sandler 15, Joe Durso 12, Al Torres 9
    • Women - Dori Ten-Apuzzi 5, Anna Calderon and Sheila Maroschick 4
    Doubles
    • Men - Joe Durso 20, Al Torres 19 and Artie Reyer 15
    • Women - Barbara Canton-Jackson, Sydell Smith and Dori Ten-Apuzzi 8
    Slams
    • Men - Joe Durso 5, Oscar Obert 4, no other man slammed two years in a row.
    • Women - Barbara Canton-Jackson 1, no other woman has slammed two years in a row.
C. Juniors
  • Eric Klarman won the 16 & 19 under 3-wall, 16 & under 1-wall and 17 & under 4-wall in 1983. David Fink and Victor LoPierre came close. Fink won the 19 & under 1-wall in 1994 and 3 & 4-wall in 1995. LoPierre won the 17 & under 1-wall in 2003, 19 & under 3 and 4-wall, as well as the 3-wall in Venice Beach California, during 2004.


 

 


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