2B COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL NOVEMBER 21, 2018
PICKLEBALL from B1
It was not a good sign when I
was wielding an old (and peel-
ing) wooden paddle that I had
dug up from the depths of my
parent’s garage while every-
one around me had fine-tuned
graphite paddles. But upon see-
ing that I was young and naïve,
I was oh so kindly directed to
a bin where I could borrow a
paddle.
My assumption that my
youthful exuberance would
translate to instant success on
Golf
Scores:
Middlefield
Men’s Club
Monday
11/12/18
Game: 3, 2,
1 Points
First Place: 94
Ron Acker-
man, Adrian
Chatigny,
Frank Gates,
Steve Lind-
holm
Second Place:
88
Jack Dole-
man, Larry
Emery, Gary
Ingram, Mike
Stahl
Thirds Place
(tie): 87
Manny An-
derson, Phil
Hamilton,
Don Hanly,
Rick LeBrun
BD
Third Place
(tie): 87
Kent Russo,
Leon Hayes,
Gary Sparks,
Dave Tooker
Fifth Place
(tie): 86
Jim Lehl,
Larry Zuvich,
Todd Dennis,
Keith Rowling
BD
the court was quickly proven
wrong as my best friend and I
were handily defeated early on.
It did not matter that our oppo-
nents were 40 years our senior,
it mattered that they knew the
game and things such as “strat-
egy” and “placement” and we
were not quite there.
But I kept playing and start-
ed to understand the game and
have grown past the level of
merely competent to a level such
as “possibly kind of skilled” and
“playable.” I would consider my-
self the Oregon Ducks football
Gary Sparks
75
Jerry Singer
75
Fifth Place
(tie): 86
Jim Cunning-
ham, Rick
LeBrun, Bob
McCarty,
Gary Welch
Low Gross:
Dan Smith 68
Low Net:
Phil Hamilton
60
Bob McCarty
64
equivalent on the local pickle-
ball scene: looks the part, should
probably be better, encouraging
signs of growth.
It was more of the same – with
the group being a touch younger
– when I played last week for the
first time in Cottage Grove. Me
and the other youngest player
on the court, a spritely 61-year-
old, were able to team up for
success.
For some reason, this beauti-
fully simple and fun game has
become the best-kept secret by
all those born before 1963. It
Gary Ingram
64
Steve Lind-
holm 64
Jim Lehl 66
Russell Bryce
66
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our league this season:
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#5 Mike Stahl
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baffles me but I am saying no
more. I am breaking up this se-
cret society and will expose this
perfect game to the world. Put it
on ESPN, put it in the Olympics,
give me youth leagues, collegiate
pickleball, the full works. I’m
ready to lead this revolution for
all of Gen-Z until this game is in
the mainstream.
But until then, can I, uh, bor-
row a paddle?
Cottage Grove Physical Therapy
South Valley Athletics would
like to thank everyone who made
the fall season another great one!
Coaches, board members, referees,
the school district for the use of
their property, the kids and all the
amazing spectators who came out
each Saturday to cheer the kids
on! We would also like to thank the
following sponsors for supporting
our program this fall:
Dreamworks Builders
Edward Jones
Fit4You
Pac West Heating & Air Conditioning
Radcliffe Real Estate
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Romeros Floor Covering
Smart Pit Bull Software
Timberline Dental
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Snow, DPT
Heather Holmes,
DPT, OCS
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Colorado @ California 4:00 PM Pac-12
Notre Dame @ USC 5:00 PM ABC
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