by Sfapickleball | Sep 5, 2023 | 100th gold, baird wealth managment, Ben Johns, Championship, cincinnati open, Cincinnati Open 2023, Finals, pickleball, pickleball 2023, PPA, ppa 2023, ppa tour, ppa tour 2023, storylines, Tournament, vizzy
OVERALL TOP 5 – ALL #BEN100 EDITION: BENJAMIN JOHNS (FRANKLIN): Ben Johns comes into the tourney one title away from 100 career gold medals. WHAT A GAP: Next closest male in gold medals is his brother Collin with 23 (all earned with Ben) then Riley Newman and Matt...
by Sfapickleball | Aug 31, 2023 | dave weinbach, Food For Thought, Just for Fun, mental game, pickleball, pickleball 2023, playing pickleball, ppa 2023, ppa tour, ppa tour 2023, Tournament, trash talk, trash talking
Ever watched Dave Weinbach play? Well, let’s put this another way. If you’ve watched him, you’d know. He calls himself “The Badger” and he’s more animated than Saturday morning cartoons. He jumps around, shouts, and laughs. He yells and pumps himself up with a volley...
by Sfapickleball | Aug 30, 2023 | All-Access, Anna Leigh Waters, Ben Johns, bronze, Catherine Parenteau, Championship, Championship Sunday, Finals, gold medal match, kansas city, Kansas City Open 2023, Matt Wright, Paddles, pickleball, pickleball 2023, ppa 2023, ppa tour, ppa tour 2023, silver, Tournament, triple crown, Vulcan Kansas City Open
MIXED DOUBLES FINAL: (1) Anna Leigh Waters and Ben Johns def. (2) Jessie Irvine and Riley Newman, 11-1, 11-1, 11-2. MATCH NOTES: Part of Johns’ 18th career Triple Crown, and 99 career titles. Part of Waters’ 17th career Triple Crown, and 77 career titles....
by Sfapickleball | Aug 28, 2023 | Anna Leigh Waters, Ben Johns, Championship, Championship Sunday, Finals, gold, Kansas City Open 2023, mixed doubles, pickleball, pickleball 2023, PPA, ppa 2023, ppa tour, ppa tour 2023, Tournament, triple crown
With so much action in the past few days happening around the game, off the court, on the internet and behind closed doors, Ben Johns and Anna Leigh Waters provided a sense of pickleball normalcy in Kansas City. Because, from what we’ve seen for just about all of...
by Sfapickleball | Aug 26, 2023 | All-Access, Anna Bright, Anna Leigh Waters, Ben Johns, Catherine Parenteau, Championship, Championship Sunday, Dylan Frazier, Finals, gold, gold medal, Jessie Irvine, JW Johnson, Kansas City open, Kansas City Open 2023, Matt Wright, Meghan Dizon, pickleball, pickleball 2023, PPA, ppa 2023, ppa tour, ppa tour 2023, Riley Newman, Tournament, Tournaments, Tyson McGuffin, vulcan
Career PPA titles coming into Sunday: Johns 96, Waters 74. We have similar storylines in the men’s and women’s singles. === MEN’S SINGLES === The two winningest men’s singles players continue their rivalry. Ben Johns is the all-time men’s leader in Triple Crowns (17),...
by Sfapickleball | Aug 26, 2023 | Anna Leigh Waters, Ben Johns, Championship, Finals, Gabe Tardio, Gabriel tardio, Jade Kawamoto, Jessie Irvine, Kansas City Open 2023, Milan Rane, mixed doubles, pickleball, pickleball 2023, Players, PPA, ppa 2023, ppa tour, ppa tour 2023, Riley Newman, Tournament, Tournaments, Travis Rettenmaier, underdogs
Yes, it’s going to be No. 1 vs. No. 2 on Sunday in the mixed doubles final at the PPA Tour’s Kansas City Open. That’s not really a surprise. When Ben Johns and Anna Leigh Waters play, they’re near impossible to beat. When Riley Newman and Jessie Irvine pair up,...
