Round Robin News - February 2026
Championships
2.7
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Players: Dennis Clemmons, Alison Landers against Lori Finn and Dan Peterson
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Winners: Dennis Clemmons, Alison Landers
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Score: 15 to 4
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Weather: Beautiful with light wind
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Quote of the Match: “Dennis don’t stare at the sun!” Kim Cole
3.2
It was a tight race to the top this week in the 3.2 round robin with six players averaging 9.5 or greater. Mike McPherson finished in first place with five wins, Marjie White was second,
and due to rushed average calculating, Kit Edwards’ third place finish wasn’t discovered until after the Championship participants were announced. Kit generously bowed out of getting into the game. The final players were decided by who had more wins in the day which gave us Dori
Mion and Ken Ernst in a photo finish. It was a beautiful, sunny day for pickleball and the game was a close battle of finesse and power. Ken and Marjie took the lead and were able to maintain
it to an 11- 8 finish. Congratulations to all of our champs!
3.5
On a cold and blustery day, our 3.5 competitive round-robin group held its February Championship match. David Perry and Stan Blackburn faced off against Alex Montoya and Theo Misbach. While Alex and Theo took an early lead and steadily extended it before the side change, David and Stan made a valiant effort to close the gap. Ultimately, Alex and Theo overcame both their skilled opponents and the adverse weather to claim a 15-8 victory.
A special thanks to our officiating crew: referee Alison Johnson and line judges Felecia Rachner and Craig Hoff.
3.6
We had a great championship game between Derek Duval and Don Silseth verses Mia Misbach and Gunner McGovern. The game was played in windy and cold conditions and stayed close until Mia and Gunner went on a 4 run point opening the score up to 13-9. Derek and Don came back to 12 -13 but Mia and Gunner won the serve back and beat them 15-12. Mia joins her son Theo the 3.5 winner in championship ring today.
3.75+
On a warm day in the low sixties with some wind gusts of up to 10 mph, the makeup championship game was completed on Tuesday the 24th of Feb.There were 16 players vying for the championship round and crown.
Daniel Lawson had a 11 point game point average (GPA) for the #1 seed. Jason Hoover had the #2 seed with a 10 point GPA, Doug Gesswein had a 9 point GPA , and Sam Sar had a 8.9 GPA.
Doug and Daniel were partners vs Jason and Sam. Daniel and Doug, Team Double D's , struck first. There were seven serve changes and the score was still a close one with DD leading at 5-3. There were numerous multi hit rallys to keep the crowd entertained. Daniel held a clinic on court for how to reset. He reset numerous times before he and his partner found the opportune time to strike with the point or change of serve. At one point Daniel was referred to as "gumby" for his jumps, lunges, shuffles, and twists.
It was slow going for team Jason and Sam. They were stuck on 2 points for five change of serves and the stuck on 3 points for the rest of the game. Daniel and Doug had incremental point gains to the finish. Daniel and Doug won the match 15-3!
Round Robin Promotions
Congratulations to players that have moved up to the next level of play!
From 2.7 - 3.0 - Steve Mortenson
John Boat
From 3.2 - 3.5 - Mark Pickerel
Al Wright
Cass Vogel
Jeff Planck
Susie Vargas
Gail Raney
From 3.5 - 3.6 - Bill Zawicki
Gunner McGovern
