Johnny Henson, Professor Pool Why are many of the top 100 professional players in the world ranked there year after year, while many other great players never achieve that upper level of success? It is the same reason why most of the top amateur league and tournament players are ranked at the top year after…
Sports, September 2025
IronOaks Lady Breakers
Kim L. Hutchinson Have you played pool before and forgotten the rules? Has it been years since you played and you’re afraid you might embarrass yourself? Were you never that good but really enjoyed playing? Then IronOaks Lady Breakers might be just what you need. IronOaks Lady Breakers would like to invite you to stop…
September 2025, Sports
Power Walkers at Oakwood Pool
Sports, September 2025
Register for Sun Lakes Country Club Bocce at Oasis
The Sun Lakes Country Club Bocce Club is dedicated to fostering a fun and social atmosphere where members of all skill levels can enjoy the game of bocce ball. Our club welcomes all residents of Sun Lakes for play at the Sun Lakes Country Club Oasis bocce courts. First sessions will play for seven weeks,…
Sports, September 2025
IMGA Upcoming Events for September
Rick Staszewski, Publicity 9/02: Stableford-Team 4 Man 9/09: Individual Low Net 9/16: Stableford Individual 9/23: 1,2,3-4 Man 9/30-10/14: Closed for overseeding Michael Crewdson made his first career hole-in-one! Hole number 4 fell victim again to a hole-in-one! July 15 was the day of history for Michael and his first-ever hole-in-one! Michael, of course, honored this…
September 2025, Sports
In Search of Single Substitutes for Oakwood Couples 9-Hole Golf League
Judy Hedding The tagline for our golf league is “Food, Fun, Fellowship, and perhaps a little Golf!” Our season runs from November through early May. We play/dine on the second and fourth Friday of each month. We play different games, and about half of them are scrambles. Although this is a couples league, there are…
September 2025, Sports
Pickleball on August’s Hottest Day Ever!
Jim Carlson Pickleball must be an addiction if 30 people show up to play pickleball at the Cottonwood pickleball courts on the hottest day in August, ever! That’s right, the temperature on Aug. 7 set the all-time highest temperature in August! It did not deter the die-hard pickleballers from showing their skills, endurance, and savvy…
September 2025, Sports
The Sun Lakes Cottonwood Palo Verde Pickleball Club Is One of the Largest Clubs in Sun Lakes
Lisa Fahrion The Sun Lakes Cottonwood Palo Verde Pickleball Club is celebrating major milestones in its growth and community impact. Founded in 2008, the club has expanded from a small group of players to more than 400 active members, making it one of the most vibrant pickleball organizations in the area. To support the growing…
Sports, September 2025
The Long Season
Larry Wolfe No, this article isn’t just about The Long Season, a book published in 1960, which chronicled pitcher Jim Brosnan’s candid personal diary of the 1959 baseball season when he pitched for both the St. Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds. That book was one of the first “tell-alls” regarding what life was really like…
September 2025, Clubs & Classes
News from the Sky: PHX 90th Anniversary Feted with ’90s-Themed Party
There are parties and then there are PAW-tys: at America’s Friendliest Airport®, the 90th anniversary is celebrated with both. City and aviation leaders gathered in July to commemorate the 1935 purchase of an airport so rural that it was nicknamed “the Farm.” That far-flung outpost airport, Sky Harbor, cost the city of Phoenix $100,000—big money…