Nadine Stark Oct. 7 Scramble: 1st: Barb Arakelian, Gloria Fronk, Peggy Huot, Pat Henk; 2nd: Judy Bray, Marci Kopplemaa, Pat Waldher, Janis Drummond; 3rd: Deb McGrail, Jan Cobb, Judy Mical, Jeri Sprague Our course closed on Oct. 11 for overseeding and reopened on Nov. 7 and is in beautiful condition. We look forward to having…
Category: Sports
December 2025, Sports
Relishing Pickleball: No Man’s Land
David Zapatka No man’s land, sometimes referred to as the transition area, aka the kitchen, is the area of the pickleball court between the non-volley zone line and the baseline. Think of it as a space 11 feet long and 20 feet wide; two feet behind the non-volley zone line and two feet inside the…
December 2025, Sports
Ironwood Lady Niners
Bonnie Hoewing The fall Ironwood Lady Niners (IWLN) general meeting was held on Nov. 12. New executive board members were elected. The 2026 IWLN executive board members include Gail Hendricks, president; Deb Burns, vice president; Rachel Enloe, treasurer; and Jane Steffes, secretary. We thank these individuals for taking on these roles. Our league could not…
December 2025, Sports
PVLGA News
Susan Lamb Welcome back to all our members near and far, and welcome to our new members. We held our Fall Scramble and lunch on Nov. 4. Our ladies were asked to wear their favorite team shirt or hat as a way of welcoming the fall and winter sports season. We played a best ball…
December 2025, Sports
80 and Still Swinging … You Bet!
Jeff Dunn Racquet sports have emerged as powerful predictors of longevity, offering some of the highest life expectancy gains among physical activities. Nowhere is this more evident than at the Cottonwood Pickleball Club where 40 active members over the age of 80 prove that staying active can be both joyful and life-extending. While the physical…
December 2025, Sports
Hole in One!: Karen Beltz
Sue Olsen Congratulations to Karen Beltz for acing hole number 4 at Ironwood Golf Course during ILGA league play on Oct. 30, 2025! This was her very first hole-in-one!
December 2025, Sports
Cottonwood Men’s Golf Association September and October Results
Buddy Meola Sept. 6 was the Ace of Aces Qualifier. The low gross and low net scores from each flight qualified. Blue Flight: Low Gross Rob Carr, Low Net Tony Korman White Flight 1: Low Gross Tony Phillips, Low Net Steve Ramo White Flight 2: Low Gross Don Cerimeli, Low Net Jerry Reno Green Flight:…
December 2025, Sports
Cottonwood Lady Niners
Sun Lakes Ladies: Still looking for a fun and social nine-hole golf league? Our Cottonwood Lady Niners group is accepting members of all skill levels and from any of our Sun Lakes communities! We golf Thursday afternoons at the 1 p.m. shotgun start, playing both fun games and play-your-own rounds of nine holes and alternating…
December 2025, Sports
Ironwood Men’s Golf Association
Rick Staszewski, Publicity, IMGA Thank you, Dan Smith, for your decade of service as tournament director! Dan Smith arrived in Ironwood in 2009. His professional career as a senior level executive working within the challenges of the automotive sector provided the Ironwood Men’s Golf Association the perfect manager to handle all of our tournaments. Responsibility…
December 2025, Sports
Oakwood Couples 18-Hole Golf League—Welcome Back Winter Visitors
Welcome back to our winter visitors! The Oakwood Couples 18-Hole Golf League (OCGL) is underway, and we held our first two events in November. If you would like to join the league for the season, there is still time! The deadline for joining is Dec. 15. The membership fee is $35 per couple, and membership…