{"id":19731,"date":"2023-06-28T01:05:32","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T01:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/?p=19731"},"modified":"2023-06-27T20:11:38","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T20:11:38","slug":"pickleball-is-popping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/2023\/06\/28\/pickleball-is-popping\/","title":{"rendered":"PICKLEBALL IS POPPING!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">You may not have heard of the BIG WOOD Pickleball league, but there\u2019s a good chance your neighbor, best friend or favorite bartender not only knows all about the league, but might very well be playing in it. After all, the BIG WOOD Pickleball league has even drawn the attention of Ketchum Mayor Neil Bradshaw, enticing him to join one of two Ketchum teams.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Here\u2019s what you need to know: there are 12 teams, 24 coaches, 120 players, 35 backup players and five playing locations across the Valley, with matches running from June 27 to the finals on August 12. Teams are represented by Ketchum, Sun Valley, Elkhorn, The Valley Club and Gravity Fitness &amp; Tennis, with sponsors from all over the Wood River Valley.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Multiple teams were seen over the weekend practicing for their opening matches, spending time to learn the \u201crally\u201d point scoring format game up to 21 points. Rally scoring increases the excitement of a game where every single point matters to win the game, the match and the overall league. Which means a beginner player\u2019s point is just as valuable as a nationally ranked player\u2019s point. Which makes games more fun and often filled with laughter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">This new league will continue for five weeks followed by a week of playoffs and ending in a championship match and BBQ picnic. Each team has a name picked by their sponsors, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p5\">Taco Tuesdays by Barrio75<\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\">Brine Brawlers by TNT Tap Room<\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\">The Drillers by Snake River Oil + Gas<\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\">adi-picklers by adidas<\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\">Picklers by Power House<\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\">Rockets by RE\/MAX Sun Valley<\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\">Los Mejores by La Caba\u00f1ita<\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\">Designated Dinkers by Lefty\u2019s Bar &amp; Grill<\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\">Diamond Dogs by Hartzman &amp; Rifkin<\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\">Court Crowns by Ben Franz, DDS<\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\">Designer Dinks by Taft Design Works<\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\">The Warriors by Gordon Production Company<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p3\">Players from all over the Valley rushed to sign up for the BIG WOOD Pickleball league, which filled up in less than a week from its announcement. Play is fun, social and a little competitive, as the league motto states, \u201cfor shots and giggles.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">For additional information: contact woodriverpickleball.org.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>TEAMS &amp; PARTICIPANTS<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>adi-picklers<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Carol Gullstad: Team Coach<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Lee Sponaugle: Team Coach<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Gerianne Johnson <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Candice Stark<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Glenn Shapiro <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Criss Fallowfield <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Rhonda Brown <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Cathy Furlow <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Preston Brown <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Wayne Gullstad <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Alma Mills <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Leigh Everett <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"s1\"><b>The Drillers<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Mimi Griswold: Team Coach<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Richard Brown: Team Coach<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Doug Phillips <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Kerry Guggenheim <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Chris Turner <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Susan Snyder <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Lindsey Armeen <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Josie Conely <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Lisa Silver <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Richard Stark <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Sue Toeniskoetter <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Luis Alberto Lecanda <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>RE\/MAX Rockets<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Joanne Wetherall: Team Coach<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Donald Becker: Team Coach: Michael Horowitz <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Robin Phillips<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Kristi Wood <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Cydney Conger <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Coco Levering <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Maura Doyle <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Cooper Taylor <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Alisa Ludwig <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Dale Bates <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Spooky Taft<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Designer Dinks<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Sarah Halverson: Team Coach<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Daniel Harden: Team Coach Jim Taft <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Tony Knapp<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Geoff Wells <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Melody Atkins <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Susanne Kretschmer <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Carol Felsentha <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Susan Kase <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Dan Petree <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">John Heinrich <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Mary Ann Chubb <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Picklers<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Lisa Hamilton: Team Coach <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Ryan Neilson: Team Coach Jess Wolcott <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Lora Kennedy <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Sarah Benson <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Mindee Smith <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Sandra Caulkins <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Kristen Barr <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Doug Neidrich <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Jill Pollock <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Lisa Patterson <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Bill Kirby<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Court Crowns<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Kristi Drinkwater: Team Coach <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Jim Kanellitsas: Team Coach Sam Adicoff <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Michelle Sabina<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Becky Brown <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Hannah Bigelow <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Rick Flores <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Colleen Weaver <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Vicki Shapiro <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Rick Fabiano <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Jackie Murphy <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Claudia Mihm<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Diamond Dogs<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Jen Embree: Team Coach<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Mal Coyn: Team Coach<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Andrea Rifkin <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Lloyd Dyer <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Char Bagley <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Scott Jordan <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Julia Heithecker <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">June Bowe <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Walt Ingram <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Brandy Horowitz <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Jane Peterson <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Bonnie Larson <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"s1\"><b>Designated Dinkers<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"s1\">Wendy Speth: Team Coach <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Robert Shuford: Team Coach<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Kelly Smith <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Gurmeet Singh <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Elizabeth Yuengling <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Cecilia Giacobbi <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Denise Hodges <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Nancy Grant <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Tim Hamilton Miguel Lundsford <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Munser Qadourah <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Aleta Taylor<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Los Mejores<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Kris Miller: Team Coach <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Lex Panayiotou: Team Coach:<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Valerie Ashbaugh <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Rachel Clifford <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Greg Pfeifer <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Susan Lovett <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Katie Craig <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Linda Felker <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">William DePaul <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Gail Dwyer <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Jen Schwartz <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Jim Siegel<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>The Warriors<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Cynthia Knight: Team Coach <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Tom Bowman: Team Coach<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Julie Evans <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Hugh Kretschmer <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Ellen Fastow <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Mollie Santo <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Sue Huttar <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Maura Pfeiffer <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Joe Weber <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Amy Lingard <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Mark Pattison <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Trinka Dyer<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Taco Tuesday<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Sue Hamilton: Team Coach <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Geordie Foster: Team Coach<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Ruby Campbell <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Jane Buxton <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Duree Westover <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Sue Kwapich <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Sue Phillips <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Teresa Ensch <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Adam Taylor <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Neil Bradshaw <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Johnny Bolton <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Larry Meads <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Brine Brawlers<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Patti Lousen: Team Coach<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Scot Buxton: Team Coach <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">MJ Abraham <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Stephanie Sandberg <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Bobby Noyes <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Pearl Glaves <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Mindy Meads <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Jenny Femling <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Jesse Silverman <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Elaine Ingram <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Tony Glaves <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Maureen Baker<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You may not have heard of the BIG WOOD Pickleball league, but there\u2019s a good chance your neighbor, best friend or favorite bartender not only knows all about the league, but might very well be playing in it. After all, the BIG WOOD Pickleball league has even drawn the attention of Ketchum Mayor Neil Bradshaw, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19732,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","_pvb_checkbox_block_on_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[72,79,18,39],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-19731","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-community","8":"category-health-news","9":"category-news","10":"category-sport"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19731"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19731\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19733,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19731\/revisions\/19733"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}