Literally, hats off to all the players as the wind demanded attention for the games today. While it made for very entertaining play, it left many players guessing where the ball was going to land once it was airborne. There were 2 key matches to see who would stay on top of their brackets: Double […]
What an exciting but windy day of play for the kickoff of the MLP Unlimited Winter League at the King Kong Tournaments. In the Blue bracket, it was the Double D’s over the Designated Dinkers, Kitchen Carnage over Jim & Friends, and the Honey Badgers over the Net Warriors. All the winning teams won each of
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Who’s ready for some MLP action, King Kong Tournament style? That’s right, the MLP Unlimited Winter League for 2026 starts this Sunday, Jan 25, 10a – 2p, at Ezell and this is not your typical MLP format. We’ll use the 2024 rules with a twist. Each contest will still feature the Women’s, Men’s and 2
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We almost squeezed all 5 games in before the rains came and drove us off the courts. Fortunately for us, with the games played in progress, it was plain to see that Bob Rich and Bob McCollough racked up enough wins to claim the Gold with a 3-0 record and were on their way to
The morning started damp and gray but thanks to Ted Kegeris and Chas Popplestone for the use of their Vaptrs to help get the courts dried off and ready to play by 10:30a. With the 30 min delay out of the way, the Men were chomping at the bit to get rolling! The Blue bracket on
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The King Kong Tournaments closed out 2025 with a bang as the Men’s Advanced Doubles brought out some major artillery for today’s games! Starting with the Blue bracket, subs Mike Hay and Russ Mobley put the pedal to the metal to win all 5 of their round robin games and a 27 points against to get
What a gorgeous Sunday for the equally stunning women playing in the Base Doubles at the King Kong Tournaments today! And as predicted, many of the games were highly competitive with the losing teams putting up a very respectable 8, 9 or 10 points in their loses. Only 1 team came away with a perfect record
The Marines pulled it off and knocked off Navy in the Gold-Silver match, 5-3! The B teams split their games 2-2 and the Marines held a 2-0 lead going into their Mixed Doubles. The victory by Michael Betsinger and Meta Smith over Brian McCarthy and Tracy McKenna, 11-3 and 11-8 sealed the Gold for the
What an incredible day way to end the regular season of the Stars & Stripes Games! The weather was a little breezy but otherwise outstanding for playing pickleball. And the weather wasn’t the only thing outstanding, so was the competition! In the first match, each team earned 3 points as they either went 3-1/1-3 or 4-0/0-4
We had a half hour rain delay but thanks to our great pickleball community and players, we got week 2 of our Stars & Stripes Games done and dusted! Special thanks to Ted Kegeris and Chas Popplestone for the use of their Vaptrs! Couldn’t have done it without you! And also to our early arrivers, Meta,
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