Category: Sports

Bocce Club Spring Season and Annual Picnic

Kim Jacobs The year is flying by! The Winter season has ended and Spring season began on March 24 and ends on May 16, before the hot summer months arrive. The Spring season has 80 teams, made up of just under 900 players. If you would like to come watch some bocce matches, please feel free…

Jim Sykes, Joe Armbruster Win 8-Ball and 10-Ball Tournaments

Jim Padgitt PebbleCreek Billiard Club members have wrapped up Winter competition with challenging eight-week 8-Ball and 10-Ball tournaments played in a demanding round-robin format. Former Ohio Buckeye Jim Sykes earned the 8-Ball Grand Championship title by winning 51 games and a total of 57 points. (One point for each game won, plus 3-point bonus for…

A Family Affair

Pat Jensen This mother-daughter team, Sue Brown and Heidi Monaghan, had a lot of fun playing together in the PebbleCreek Ladies Nine-Hole Golf Association (PCL9GA) Lady in Red tournament. Sue grew up with golfing parents and learned golf early in her life. She passed her love of golf to her daughter. Both have moved here…

“Play Ball”

Fred Dresser The two words mentioned above are bellowed by the men and women in blue, aka umpires, to alert the players that the game is now ready to play. How the game is played at this point is a mystery. What is an umpire? The word umpire was formed by meta analysis, or the…

Island Burgers Celebrates at Island Burgers

Wayne Bixler The Island Burgers softball team celebrated a recent win during lunch at their sponsor’s restaurant. Players from left front to right: Jimmy Williams, Rick Bell, Lyman Rinehart, Dan Sammartino, Wayne Bixler—Manager (standing), Debi Bixler, Steve Biffle, Don DeCoste, Vince Richey, and Rich Haab. 

Lady in Red Member Member PCL9GA Tournament

Pat Jensen At the PebbleCreek Ladies Nine-Hole Golf Association (PCL9GA) Lady in Red Member Member Tournament, 216 ladies competed in our first–ever three–day event. Lots of money was won between golf and bingo. The weather was perfect, and everyone looked great in their red outfits. There were four first place winning teams: 1st place Cardinal:…

Red Ball Tennis at PebbleCreek

Barbara Camozzi Red Ball Tennis is coming soon to PebbleCreek! Hoping to get back on the tennis court? Or try a smaller and easier version? Red Ball Tennis may be the answer for you. Red Ball is designed to get you playing in 10 minutes. It’s played on smaller courts, with shorter rackets, and slightly larger tennis balls.…

PCLGA Welcomes New Members

Carole Schumacher New members and the PebbleCreek Ladies Golf Association (PCLGA) board and committee chairs enjoyed an exquisite luncheon poolside on Feb. 24 at the home of Jayne Dinan to welcome ladies who recently joined the PCLGA. PCLGA leaders explained their role in the organization and answered questions—everything from “How do you run Golf Genius?”…