News & Notes...
articles and references for the high school roller hockey community.
The
IHF is dedicated to the belief that playing with classmates for
the school colors and mascot is an important part of the roller hockey
experience growing up. High School
Roller Hockey (or scholastic, high school inline hockey) is an important segment
to the sport and important to sustaining its growth. Aside from the IHF High
School Roller Hockey League based in Orange County California, high school
roller leagues and teams are organized and compete in many communities across
the country. Scholastic teams may compete as independent Leagues of their own or
as part of a rink's in-house program. In some cases, scholastic hockey programs
consist of middle school, junior high and high school teams. These scholastic
hockey programs may operate under the guidelines of the Amateur Athletic Union
(AAU) or USA Hockey Inline. Regardless of affiliation, scholastic hockey
programs of middle school, junior high, high school and even collegiate hockey
share the common bond of
playing for school pride and, as such, remain a unique
and increasingly important segment of the sport.
IHF updates, events and league information are also
available on our IHF High School Roller Hockey
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The Concrete Pond
The Concrete Pond
(YouTube movie 2:15): Born and bred on the streets, the cul-de-sacs, the parking lots and the concrete ponds of California, inline hockey
(roller hockey) has been the Golden Pond for California's Hockey programs dating to its roots in the 1980’s. For over a decade, the Interscholastic Hockey Federation (IHF) High School Roller Hockey League has been growing to proudly represent student-athletes and teams from Orange County, Los Angeles, the Inland Empire and surrounding
southland communities.
Get introduced to the IHF (our summer 2008 video)
Any team representing a California High School, public or private, is eligible to enter a High School Roller Hockey team in one or more
divisions. Come join the IHF for some serious high school inline hockey action this coming
season. It doesn't get any better! Get your team started today!
(articles and reference updates in progress)
The New Face of the IHF
07-Mar-2011 (by Jay Piz) Out-going president, Jay Piz, announces his retirement
and introduces Mr. Scott Duffner, the new face and president of the IHF.
Wolverines
Win Roller Hockey Title
21-Feb-2011 (By Joseph Duffy for the OC Register) The Aliso Niguel Wolverines beat the Woodbridge Warriors, 7-6, to win the 2010/2011 Interscholastic Hockey Federation's Junior Varsity Roller Hockey Championship, Feb. 13, at the 949 Roller Hockey Center in Irvine.
The Wolverines are coached by Miguel Castellanos.
IHF League Update
10-Feb-2011 (By Phillip Brents | California Rubber Magazine) With playoffs this
coming weekend, Mission Viejo entered the week leading the five-team varsity circuit with a 7-0-3 record, followed by Edison at 4-1-2, El Toro and Mater Dei, both at 3-7-0, and Marina at 1-6-1.
Last year’s division champions included Edison (varsity), Newport Harbor (JV-A), Tesoro (JV-B) and Santiago (JV-C).
'Super Bowl' of high school roller hockey set March in Irvine
10-Feb-2011 (By Phillip Brents | California Rubber Magazine) With no West Coast regional or national tournaments scheduled this year, the upcoming California State Cup will stand up as the Super Bowl of high school roller hockey this season. The tournament is scheduled March 5-6 at the 949 Roller Hockey Center in Irvine.
California State Cup High School Roller Hockey Championships
02-08-2011 (Inline Hockey Central) WELCOME TO STATE CUP 2011 - The preeminent annual tournament for Scholastic Roller Hockey Teams in California.
Orange County's
High School (ice) Hockey League Gets Into Spirit
14-Jan-2011 (By Kevin Baxter of the LA Times) The Anaheim Ducks High School League says there's a talented pool of young players in Southern California. The league is the only such program in Orange County.
"It's not a joke," insists former NHL goalie Guy Hebert, one of four former Ducks coaching in the five-school league, the only high school hockey league in Orange County and one of just three in Southern California, according to organizers. "The kids work hard. The talent pool here is better than people think."
Capistrano Valley Cougars
- Anaheim Ducks' G.O.A.L. Team of the Week
20-Dec-2010 (Anaheim Ducks) The Capistrano Valley Cougars participate in the IHF (Interscholastic Hockey Federation) that participates at The 949 and THE RINKS - Huntington Beach Inline and Corona Inline.
They are tied for 1st Place with 3 other teams with a record of 4 wins and 1 loss. It is a tight race for first, but with a total of 12 teams in the IHF JVB Division.
The championship must be earned in the playoffs.
CIF Roller Hockey Faces
Off in San Diego
28-Nov-2010 (By Phillip Brents | California Rubber Magazine) After surviving budget cuts within the Sweetwater Union High School District during the past off-season, the CIF-Metro Conference will face off Monday, Nov. 29 at Skate San Diego for its ground-breaking 11th season of high school roller hockey. The San Diego County-based conference remains the state's lone high school inline hockey league officially sanctioned by the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF).
IHF Rolls Out 2010-11 Season in Orange County
04-Oct-2010 (By Phillip Brents | California Rubber Magazine) The Interscholastic Hockey Federation, Southern California’s largest high school-specific inline hockey league, is set to roll for the 2010-11 season following a coaches/managers meeting in mid-September and the opening week of preseason games held during the final week in the month. A minimum of 37 teams in four main skill divisions are committed to play this season.
Three OC
High Schools Join Anaheim Ducks' Ice Hockey League
30-Jul-2010 (LA Times) Five teams and three schools were added this week to the Anaheim Ducks High School
(ice) Hockey League for the 2010-11 season.
High
School Hockey: County Schools Added to Ducks' League
29-Jul-2010 (The OC Register) Hockey on the high school level has expanded, and it can't be long before more schools
join...
Ducks' High School Ice
Hockey League Grows to Seven Teams
29-Jul-2010 (Release) The Anaheim Ducks on Thursday announced they have added five teams and three new schools to the Anaheim Ducks High School Hockey League for the 2010-11 season.
Among the additions, Servite High School (Anaheim), Damien High School (La Verne) and Lutheran High School of Orange County (Orange) will join Santa Margarita Catholic High (Santa Margarita) and JSerra Catholic High (San Juan Capistrano) for the 2010-11 high school season.
Launched on July 1, 2008, the Anaheim Ducks High School Hockey League is designed as an extension of the Ducks’ organizational goal of growing hockey talent close to home while also working to achieve California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) status. JSerra varsity began play in September 2008 as the league’s charter member. Santa Margarita varsity joined JSerra as the second member of the league, making its debut in September 2009. As the league continues to grow, the Anaheim Ducks will continue to provide financial support for each team involved in the program.
California Gold: The State of
Scholastic Inline Hockey
02-Jun-2010 (By Phillip Brents | California Rubber Magazine) The scholastic version of inline hockey has continued to flourish not only in California but across the country. The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) in conjunction with USA Roller Sports (USARS), the national governing body of the sport, implemented three new sanctioned scholastic programs in May 2009 to accommodate that recent growth pattern.
Prep Inline Season Ends
With Upset-filled IHF Playoffs
28-May-2010 (By Phillip Brents | California Rubber Magazine) While the number of teams may have been down during the Interscholastic Hockey Federation’s 2009-10 season, that in no way diminished the outcome of the league’s championship playoffs. Champions in four divisions were crowned in mid-April at the 949 Roller Hockey Center in Irvine to cap the state’s largest AAU-sanctioned high school inline hockey league.
FIRS Jr. Women World Cup
Adds to AAU Junior Olympics' Luster
04-May-2010 (By Phillip Brents | California Rubber Magazine) The AAU Junior Olympic inline hockey championships that will be played July 1-11 in Southern California is being hailed by all concerned in the region's extensive roller hockey community as a historic event that has the potential to reshape the future of the sport in the region.
In NorCal, Varsity
Hockey Springs to Forefront
23-Apr-2010 (By DJ Powers | California Rubber) Grassroots efforts started a high school
ice hockey league that draws travel and tier players. there are 10 teams that make up the varsity division of the HP High School Hockey League. Many of these teams also have close ties to various Nor Cal programs.
Westview Makes Case for
Newest CIF Prep Dynasty
18-Mar-2010 (By Phillip Brents | California Rubber Magazine) With their third Kiwanis Cup championship in five years, one might suppose to call the Westview High School Wolverines the CIF/Metro Conference’s second great inline hockey dynasty. The top-seeded Wolverines topped the second-seeded Rancho Bernardo Broncos, 7-2, on March 3 at the Escondido Sports Center to emerge as the 2009-10 champions of the state’s only CIF-sanctioned high school roller hockey league.
IHF High School Inline
Season Rolling To A Close
15-Mar-2010 (By Phillip Brents | California Rubber Magazine) The Interscholastic Hockey Federation is heading into its stretch run, with championship playoffs for the Orange County-based high school inline hockey club league scheduled to start the week of March 22, according to IHF board president Jay Piz.
Championships will be determined in four competitive divisions, including one varsity champion and three junior varsity champions.
State Cup Scholastic
Inline Event Returns to Irvine
13-Mar-2010 (By Phillip Brents | California Rubber Magazine) The California State Cup scholastic inline hockey championships are returning to the 949 Roller Hockey Center in Irvine March 26-28. The event, which dates back to 1993, is hosted by the Interscholastic Hockey Federation (IHF) and is an AAU sanctioned event open to high school and middle school teams.
IHF board president Jay Piz said the tournament has developed a firm “interscholastic mindset” over the years.
Q&A with Eastlake Titans' and SD Oilers' Dante Patron
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23-Feb-2010 (By Phillip Brents | California Rubber Magazine) In two short years, Eastlake High School's Dante Patron has established himself as one of the CIF/Metro Conference’s marquee players. His speed and hockey instincts are devastating to opponents.
San Diego Kiwanis Cup
Playoffs Ready to Roll
22-Feb-2010 (By Phillip Brents | California Rubber Magazine) The CIF/Metro Conference’s Kiwanis Cup championship playoffs began Monday, Feb. 22 and conclude March 3. At this stage of the season, there suddenly doesn’t appear to be any one favored team to claim the high school circuit’s 2009-10 championship.
Santa Margarita Clinches Anaheim Ducks High School Ice Hockey Title
19-Jan-2010 (Anaheim Ducks) In their inaugural ice hockey season the Santa Margarita Catholic High School Eagles Ice Hockey team clinched the first-ever Anaheim Ducks High School Ice Hockey title with a 3-2 victory over J. Serra Sunday afternoon at the Honda Center.
The final game in the Anaheim Ducks High School Ice Hockey series between Santa Margarita and J. Serra will be on February 6 at 5:20 p.m. at The Rinks Anaheim Ice.
IHF Season Rolls Forward
22-Nov-2009 (By Phillip Brents | California Rubber Magazine) The Interscholastic Hockey Federation's 2009-10 season has started on a roll for Orange County area high school roller hockey teams and will not conclude before championships are determined in four divisions next March.
The IHF, which began operation in 1998, is fielding clubs from 27 schools, including 10 varsity teams and 35 junior varsity teams. The numbers are down from last year's total of 29 clubs and 56 teams, including 16 varsity programs, but the spirit of the game rolls on amid school district budget cuts, declining volunteerism, economics and competition from other sports.
High School
Hockey Teams Break The Ice
03-Nov-2009 (By Jeff Miller, OC Register) JSerra and Santa Margarita are 'trailblazers on a new path,' and having fun while doing it.
NARCh Champion San Clemente
Takes Hiatus for 2009-10 IHF Season
20-Oct-2009 (By Phillip Brents | California Rubber Magazine) The Interscholastic Hockey Federation will face off its upcoming season without one of his most successful teams: the 2009 NARCh champion San Clemente Tritons.
In a letter dated Sept. 25, San Clemente coach Mike Bunganich informed the IHF board that the Tritons would not be able to field a team this season because of a downturn in on-campus recruiting.
Piz’s Passion Remains for Scholastic Hockey
- Promotion of the high school inline game a priority for IHF president.
01-Oct-2009 (by Phillip Brents | California Rubber
Magazine) Irvine's Jay Piz is passionate when it comes to discussing scholastic hockey in Orange County.
Mixed
Emotions at Santa Margarita Catholic's First Ice Hockey Game
26-Sep-2009 (By John Crandall of The OC Register) Hundreds of parents, students and friends met at Anaheim Ice on Saturday to cheer on Santa Margarita Catholic High School's new ice hockey team and to remember two former students who died in a car crash in April.
In their memory, the team has dedicated its first season to them and the school has retired their sports numbers – No. 2 for
Zachary Raffety, who played lacrosse, and No. 27 for Mark Motley, who played on the school's roller hockey team.
2009-10 IHF Season
Ready To Roll
25-Sep-2009 (By Phillip Brents | California Rubber Magazine) The 2009-10 scholastic roller hockey season is imminent if you happen to live in and around Orange County.
The Interscholastic Hockey Federation's preseason schedule faces off Monday, Oct. 5. Teams will play three pre-season games before entering regular season play. The IHF regular-season schedule faces off Monday, Oct. 26. Teams will play seven games prior to the winter break and 15 regular-season games overall.
Discouraging news rolls in on creating new hockey fans
01-Aug-2009 Puck Daddy (Yahoo! SportsBlog) reports updates from Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association
(SGMA) citing the decrease in roller hockey numbers are devastating. Besides the decline from 2007 to 2008, the overall drop of 59.8 percent during the decade is the largest for any activity.
Shrinking
Economy Penalizes High School Sports
03-Jul-2009 (By Scott Martindale of The OC Register) Mission Viejo parent Linda Robert, who helps head up fundraising efforts for Trabuco Hills High School's roller hockey team, says that with the loss of all Saddleback Valley Unified financial support, the team must now come up with about an additional $3,400 a year. That's on top of the $1,000 or more that parents individually pay to outfit their children with expensive gear and equipment, she said.
A Cup of Pride
22-Apr-2009 (Inline Hockey Central) For three days, high school inline teams representing four scholastic leagues from California battled it out on the rinks of Irvine’s 949 Roller Hockey Center for pride and their shot at the Cup in the 14th annual California State Cup High School Roller Hockey Championships.
Where Champions Are Made
16-Apr-2009 (Inline Hockey Central) California State Cup High School Roller Hockey Championships are this weekend!
Roller
Hockey Continues Play in Saddleback Valley
26-Mar-2009 (By Alejandra Moline of The OC Register) Roller hockey parents and supporters have agreed to give the Saddleback Valley Unified School District a donation in order to offset the costs of running the program, district officials said.
The district will continue providing an on-campus seventh period PE coach and PE credit to their athletes for the spring 2010 season and also letter status to varsity players.
[November 20, 1998 (LA
Times): More than 50 athletes and parents turned out this week to celebrate the creation of roller hockey as an official sport. The Saddleback Valley Unified School District board of trustees approved the sport this week.]
High School Roller Hockey Needs Your Help!
02-Mar-2009 (Views) One of our League's valued group of high school clubs, the Saddleback League consisting of El Toro, Laguna Hills, Mission Viejo and Trabuco Hills high schools, has had their program put onto the economic chopping block by the Saddleback Valley Unified School District (SVUSD). The economy takes yet another bite from our very soul, but not without a fight!
Johnson Will Coach Santa Margarita High
20-Feb-2009 (Release on California Rubber Magazine) ANAHEIM – The Anaheim Ducks and Santa Margarita Catholic High School on Friday named Craig Johnson Head Coach of the Santa Margarita Hockey Team, a member of the Anaheim Ducks High School Hockey League.
“Craig Johnson brings a wealth of hockey knowledge and experience to Santa Margarita,” said Art Trottier, General Manager of Anaheim ICE and Director of the Anaheim Ducks High School Hockey League. “Along with the addition of Santa Margarita to the Anaheim Ducks High School Hockey League in 2009-10, we look forward to expanding the program in the near future.”
Student-athletes honored at IHF
Gala
01-May-2008 (California Rubber Magazine) Stars lit up the night for the Interscholastic Hockey Federation’s inaugural all-star event at the 949 Roller Hockey center in Irvine as hundreds of fans filled the stands in a four-hour, graduation-style event to salute the league’s division finalists, special achievers and 55 all-stars, some of whom would play in their last high school game.
Mighty Ducks' Kids Are Today's All Stars
08-Apr-2008 (by IHF) Inaugural High School All-Stars Game In Irvine: “What got me started were those Mighty Ducks movies,” said Yen Le, All-Star captain of the Loara Saxons roller hockey club.
Roll With It - Roller Hockey is The Wave of the Future
Sept-Oct 2008 Avenues Magazine's Renee Gardner writes about roller hockey and The 949
Roller Hockey Center
Back To School: Why
reinvent the wheel?
14-Sep-2008 (Inline Hockey Central High School Blog by Jay Piz) If you are associated with a high school inline league or team in any way, you can already attest to just how much importance student-athletes place onto skating with their peers and representing their school mascot, whether or not it’s recognized officially.
Ducks
Launch High School Hockey League for Orange County
02-Jul-2008 (By Curtis Zupke of The OC Register) Ducks general manager Brian Burke can toss out superlatives as well as any in hockey...
So it was with equal parts enthusiasm and vision that Burke ranked the launch of a high school hockey league in south Orange County just behind Wayne Gretzky coming to Los Angeles in 1988 and the Ducks winning the Stanley Cup last year as the most important days in California hockey.
Burke and Ducks captain Chris Pronger were on hand Tuesday at JSerra High to kick off what is billed as the first high school hockey league in Southern California. JSerra's team, the Ice Lions, will serve as the inaugural team for the 2008-09 season.
Roller Hockey
Clubs Take Second
17-Apr-2008 (Irvine World News) The Northwood Varsity and the University Junior
Varsity roller hockey clubs took second in their respective divisions in the
2008 AAU State High School Roller Hockey Championships (State Cup). Brock
Booth and David Woolbert share the award for
Top Goalie in the varsity event.
IHF Alumni Return Home to Compete in WCRHL
All-Star Action
14-Feb-2008 Shift Happens! Thirteen former IHF high school league standouts returned home to compete in the WCRHL
All-Star Weekend held at the 949 Roller Hockey Center this past weekend seeing action in collegiate division matchups and
high scoring All-Star games.
Making The Grade - NorCal’s high school scene growing in size, popularity
02-Feb-2008
(By Brian McDonough | California Rubber Magazine) With hockey’s popularity on the rise in Northern California, it’s no surprise that the high school
ice game is starting to forge a serious, competitive identity.
Roller Hockey Fights for Sanctioning - You're not alone!
28-Dec-2007 (News and Views) Inline hockey teams and high school clubs across
California and the country have a common struggle with recognition. In this
context, a Monte Vista High School (Danville, CA) student speaks out and an
empathetic reply from the IHF.
Anaheim Hockey Club Hosts AAU High School Champions
26-28-May-2007 Top schools from across the country compete in the second annual AAU High School Nationals at Anaheim Hockey Club.
Hockey Moms Seek Varsity Letter
05-Feb-2007 Face Off with Capistrano Unified School District Scheduled for Feb. 12th
- These two hockey moms are at center ice to face off with the Capistrano Unified School District (CUSD) over reinstating Varsity and Club status for the roller hockey players on their Tesoro High School team and those from their CUSD peers at Dana Hills and San Clemente High Schools, too.
Hockey
Rink Makes Last Stand
23-Nov-2006 Beach Cities Hockey Foundation and the local roller hockey community
struggle to keep the eight-year-old indoor rink in San Clemente
Grand Gesture -
Marina goalie shows an unforgettable instance of sportsmanship
05-Jul-2006 (By Ian Mackie on Inline Hockey Central) Following Marina's 3-1 win
over Northwest in the AAU National High School Inline Hockey Championship game in St. Louis,
MO, Marina's goaltender Joey Laricchia pays it forward to counterpart, Dave Thomas.
Dana Hills Dolphins
Head to HS Nationals
23-Mar-2006 (Capo Dispatch) The Roller Hockey Club Team from Dana Hills High School will be heading to the nationals championships in Connecticut in June, after winning the State Cup Championships. The team includes Bardia Moayedi, Matt Wheelock, Cole Eby, Evan Popelar (who received MVP), Bobby Goetz, Stefan Gronvold, Ryan Mitchell, Stephen Davis, Alex Jurdi, Brad Wilson and Ryan Salazar. The team also won the State Cup in 2004.
Saddleback Valley Unified School District
Approves
Roller Hockey as an Official Sport
20-Nov-1998 (By Chris Ceballos for The LA Times) More than 50 athletes and parents turned out this week to celebrate the creation of roller hockey as an official sport. The Saddleback Valley Unified School District board of trustees approved the sport this week.
The student-athletes presented the board with an in-line skate-shaped cake, complete with Lifesavers for shoelace loops. The first hockey season begins next semester with high school teams in inter-district competition. The sport will not be considered for California Interscholastic Federation standing until 2002.
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