by Sfapickleball | Aug 24, 2023 | Championship, concussion, default, Featured Player, Finals, Food For Thought, injury, Jay Devilliers, mixed doubles, News, Patrick Smith, pickleball, pickleball 2023, Players, PPA, ppa 2023, ppa tour, ppa tour 2023, recovery, Seattle Open 2023, tina pisnik, Tournament, Tournament of Champions 2023, Tournaments, withdrawal
Patrick Smith wasn’t pain-free, but as he describes it, he was feeling better on the court than he had in a long time. And that’s saying something. Smith was finally distancing himself from a frustrating hip injury that had limited his mobility over the last year and...
by Sfapickleball | Aug 22, 2023 | All-Access, gold medal match, Paddles, pickleball, pickleball 2023, PPA, ppa 2023, ppa tour, statistics, Stats Wrap, TOC, Tournament, tournament of champions, Tournament of Champions 2023, tournament of champions gold, vulcan toc
Brigham City, Utah. August 19, 2023. MIXED DOUBLES FINAL: (4) Catherine Parenteau and Tyson McGuffin def. (19) Tina Pisnik and Pat Smith, 11-7, 11-5 (retired). . MATCH NOTES: Smith retired after the second game, citing a “likely slight concussion” he suffered the...
by Sfapickleball | Aug 20, 2023 | Catherine Parenteau, Championship, championship saturday, double triple, Finals, history made, James Ignatowich, mcguffin, News, parenteau, pickleball, pickleball 2023, Players, PPA, ppa 2023, ppa tour, ppa tour 2023, TOC, Tournament, Tournament of Champions 2023, Tournaments, triple crown, Tyson McGuffin, vulcan
Parenteau, McGuffin go triple gold Until Saturday, Ben Johns was the only male to win a triple crown. Until Saturday, Catherine Parenteau had only won a single triple crown. And then Saturday happened. Tyson McGuffin went gold three times and Parenteau did the same,...
by Sfapickleball | Aug 19, 2023 | AJ Koller, Catherine Parenteau, Championship, championship saturday, Finals, gold medal match, pickleball, pickleball 2023, PPA, ppa tour, ppa tour 2023, Riley Newman, Tournament, tournament of champions, Tournament of Champions 2023, Tournaments, Tyson McGuffin, vulcan toc
It’s Championship Saturday at the Tournament of Champions in Utah and there’s a bit of a throw-back feel to heading into today’s schedule of matches. Not exactly, “Old School,” but certainly not what we’re used to seeing. At least not lately. There’s no Anna Leigh...
by Sfapickleball | Aug 19, 2023 | AJ Koller, Allyce Jones, Callie Smith, Catherine Parenteau, championship saturday, Connor Garnett, Finals, gold medal matches, James Ignatowich, Parris Todd, Patrick Smith, pickleball, PPA, ppa 2023, ppa tour, ppa tour 2023, Riley Newman, stats preview, Tournament, tournament of champions, Tournament of Champions 2023, Tournaments, Tyson McGuffin, vulcan toc
Elevation (4,436 ft), may be a factor, both for conditioning, and the ball flying faster. A new combo for “Double Triple?” Tyson McGuffin is trying to become the first male player other than Ben Johns to win a Triple Crown. Catherine Parenteau is trying to earn...
by Sfapickleball | Aug 18, 2023 | Andrea Koop, Finals, mixed doubles, pickleball, pickleball 2023, PPA, ppa 2023, ppa tour 2023, Tournament, tournament of champions, Tournament of Champions 2023, Tournaments, vulcan toc 2023, Zane Navratil
Zane Navratil is back. Well, kind of. “I don’t know,” he said. “Sure. I guess I’m back.” Navratil didn’t care about the semantics of it all – call it what you want – but after a semifinal showing at the Tournament of Champions Thursday, it’s safe to say he is....
