Pickleball Power is A Hit in The Big Sky State Games
Included below are the results of the first Pickleball Tournament that was included in the 2003 Big Sky State Games of Montana. We had a great write-up in the Local Billings Gazette. It was the feature article on the Sunday Sports Page! If you wish to see the article please click on: http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?display=rednews/2003/07/20/build/sports/30-pickleball.inc
Our tournament was very successful. We had 24 participants ages 5 to 60 playing in 18 different events with participants from Billings, Wilsall and Clyde Park. Several of the Billings participants had previously lived and played in the Pacific Northwest and were delighted to have the opportunity to play Pickleball again.
Yes, the competition did get very hot! Our adults played in temperatures exceeding 102 in the shade and 115 on the Castle Rock tennis courts. We had antelope watching the games while they laid in the shade under some pine treesÉno kidding! The conditions gave new meaning to the phrase ÒExtreme Pickleball!Ó The youth played in the cooler evening at our home court. The photo below shows some of the tough determined finalists that played to the end.
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BIG SKY STATE GAMES PICKLEBALL RESULTS |
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July 19-20, 2003, Billings, Montana |
Men |
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Open
Singles |
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Flight A:
Larry Seekins, Wayne Muggli, Dolan Hornbeck |
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Flight B:
Chris Little, Michael Crowe, Brent Mullet |
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Open
Doubles |
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Larry
Seekins-Wayne Muggli, Dolan Hornbeck-Vick Mullet |
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Chris
Little-Michael Crowe |
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Masters
Singles |
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Chris Little,
Vic Mullet, David Weller |
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Senior Mens
Singles |
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Larry Seekins,
Wayne Muggli |
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Novice
Singles |
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Flight A:
Dolan Hornbeck, Matt Baack |
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Flight B:
Brent Mullet, Michael Crowe |
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Youth
Singles |
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Danny Little,
Tommy Little, Chandler Crowe |
Women |
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Open
Singles |
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Nancy Muggli,
Carline Little, Kerri Crowe |
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Open
Doubles |
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April
Seekins-Nancy Muggli, Beth Sager-Katie Maurillo |
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Masters
Singles |
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Kerri Crowe,
Brenda Mullet |
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Senior
Doubles |
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April Seekins
& Nancy Muggli |
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Young Moms
Doubles |
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Carline
Little, Ashleigh Hurst |
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Novice
Doubles |
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Beth Sager
& Katie Maurillo |
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Youth
Singles |
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Ashley Crowe,
Amanda Little |
Mixed |
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Open
Doubles |
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Flight
A:Larry-April Seekins, Wayne-Nancy Muggli |
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Flight B:Dolan
Hornbeck-Carline Little, Kerri-Michael Crowe |
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Masters
Doubles |
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Carline-Chris
Little, Brenda-Vic Mullet |
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Senior
Doubles |
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Wayne-Nancy
Muggli, Larry-April Seekins |
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Novice
Doubles |
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Kerri-Michael
Crowe |
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Youth/Adult |
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Flight A:
Ashley Crow-April Seekins, Chandler-Michael Crowe, |
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Danny
Little-Kerri Crowe. Flight B: Amanda-Carline Little, |
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Tommy-Chris
Little, Larry Seekins-Molly Little |
More Photos:
Our future Montana Pickleball generation: Left to right: Danny Little, Ashley Crowe, Tommy Little, Chandler Crowe and Amanda Little.
The Adult-Youth teams that played on our home court for the final event of the tournament. Teams from left to right: April Seekins/Ashley Crowe, Michael Crowe/Chandler Crowe, Kerri Crowe/Danny Little, Carline Little/Amanda Little, Chris Little/Tommy Little and Larry Seekins/Molly Little.
Larry and April Seekins
Pickleball Commissioners
