Round Robin News - November 2025
Championships
3.2
We had Kevin Michels and Colette Mathewson playing against Theo Misbach and Rick Campbell. Theo and Rick started out playing strong with a lead of 8 to 3 when they switched sides. Although Kevin and Colette started to make a comeback, Theo and Rick were the clear winners with the final score of 15 to 8.
3.5
3.5 Round Robin Championship Delivers a Thrilling Finale!
November’s championship playoff game was a smashing success! The top four qualifying players —Priscilla Noakes, Marty Grossman, Bill Zawicki and Brian Boucher all demonstrated remarkable skills on a court where the temps were down in the 40’s.
Bill and Brian rocketed out of the gates, grabbing a dominant 5-0 lead! The crowd thought it was all over... But Priscilla and Marty are NOT quitters! They dug deep, found their fire, and quickly clawed their way back to tie it up at 5-5!
From that point on, it was a neck-and-neck street fight. Neither team gave an inch, staying within a razor-thin margin for the rest of the game. The excitement hit the roof when the score reached 12-13. In a final exhilarating surge of determination, Priscilla and Marty delivered the knockout blow, sealing an incredible 15-12 victory over Bill and Brian.
Congratulations to Priscilla and Marty for claiming the November 3.5 Round Robin Championship. And a huge shout-out to Bill and Brian for pushing them to the absolute limit in a truly championship-level match.
To make the win even sweeter: It was Priscilla’s birthday. What a way to celebrate!
A special thanks goes to Laurel Sebastien for officiating the event along with Jason Hook and Alison Johnson as line judges.
Congratulations to all on an outstanding display of skill and sportsmanship!
3.6
This month's match-up in the championship round for the 3.6 Round Robin pitted Jim Ray and Dave Cottongim against Mark Cardenas and Mark Schmit. The match was officiated by John McAllister. With temperatures in the low 40s and the sun often hiding behind the clouds, the conditions were on the frigid side.
Jim and Dave jumped out to an early lead, at one time leading 5-1. But Mark and Mark bounced back with the score tied at 8 midway through. Jim and Dave bolted into the lead again and eventually got to game point at 14-10, but Mark and Mark fought them off a number of times until Jim and Dave were finally able to prevail at 15-12. It was a close, well-played match by both teams that included some impressive rallies, net play, and lobs.
3.75+
Its funny how nice temps, no wind and a championship game brings out maximum participants. Our 3.75+ Championship round had two first timers for the championship! Craig Ringgenberg and Todd Zinkgraf who were opponents. Craig’s partner was Dean Sulzer and Todd’s partner was none other than Steve Joannes. It’s was Steve’s seventh appearance in the championship game this year.
The championship round built up with electricity in the air and excitement for the observers who had succumbed to their championship foes earlier in the preceding matches. All championship players had scored high 50’s and 60’s for the highest game point averages for the day and to qualify.
It was one of the top matches of the monthly championship matches of the year. It all started auspiciously. There were five change of serves with the score 2-1. No one was bending to the will of the others. There were several volley and rally’s of ten and fifteen hits of lobs, dinks and drives. Both teams used their bag of pickle ball tricks to move their opponents around the court to get that scoring opportunity and scores.
It was a very close match with Dean and Craig leading 4-2, 8-4, 10-5, 12-8.Todd and Steve settled in their groove and with calm steady play crept back into the match 9-14, 12-14, 14-14, and ultimately 16-14 for the win and November Champs
3.0
Our tournament players in November were from left to right, Donna Meyerson, Jeffrey Peterson, Deena Dana and Ann Steiner. It was cold and blustery, but the players fought on with style. There were some great volleys, but ultimately, between the weather and the meddling net, the winners were Ann and Deena over Jeffrey and Donna 15 to 4.
Round Robin Promotions
Congratulations to players that have moved up to the next level of play!
From 2.5 - 2.7 - Karen Vinta
Sally Cain
From 2.7 - 3.0 - Sammi Maon
Darlene Olson
Lou Surdi
Dave Domzalski
From 3.0 - 3.2 - Cathy Verduce
Jim Bloom
Megan Merchant
Cass Vogel
From 3.5 to 3.6 - Brian Boucher
