Category: Sports

Hits & Misses Bowling

Pat Smith Hits & Misses Bowling League ended the first half of the season with 21 bowlers on six teams. We lost many previous players because our time was changed from Mondays to Tuesdays, but picked up a few new players due to a change from previous years, allowing couples to be on the same…

Links Players, How to Sharpen a Knife

Bruce McCorkle Do you sharpen a knife by drawing it across a slab of butter? Probably not. Rather, you drag it back and forth against something that is as hard or harder than the steel in the knife. The people you surround yourself with can serve the same purpose. Proverbs 27:17 alludes to this: “As…

Young Home Team Wins Lakes Division Title

Larry Wolfe The Young Home Team Realtors-sponsored team ran away from the rest of the field in capturing the Lakes Division Fall Season title. Manager Gary Hillabolt’s boys finished the season with a 14-4 record, well ahead of the second place A-1 Golf Carts team, which finished at 8-8. The Top Ten hitters at the…

OLGA Results

Kathy Burns December was a busy, exciting month featuring the OLGA Cup, which was held on Dec. 6 and 13. It is the annual Low Net Tournament, and the overall winner was Dari Akin, followed by Leslie Smith, Glo Malmberg, and Mary Dyrseth. In Flight 2, Dang Teater was the winner, followed by Anne Annis…

Cottonwood Tennis Gender Doubles, the First Day

Penny Petersen Cottonwood Tennis Club’s Gender Doubles Tournament began Jan. 9. The finals were on Jan. 14. Because the Splash deadline for February is Jan. 10, you will see results for day one only. Winners in each category will be reported for the March issue. The categories are Red, Green, and Blue. That’s six results: Red…

December CMGA Competitions and Results

Buddy Meola Sixty-four qualifiers for the Ace of Aces for 2022 played the two-day finals on Dec. 3 and 17. They were divided into four flights with one blue flight, two white flights, and one green flight. The finals were to be held on the 3rd and 4th, but inclement weather closed Cottonwood Golf Course…

Ironwood Lady Niners

Maggie Robson Our new 2023 president Judy Thompson has taken over the reins for the coming year starting Jan. 1. We started off the new year by holding our first general meeting on Jan. 11 with lots of information regarding memberships, tournaments, and upcoming activities. Info regarding accessing dual dues rebates can be found at…

CLGA Happenings

Judy Onken Neugier! This is the German word for “Attention,” the language we would all be speaking but for the brave and selfless American soldier who, with Allied support, won World War II. This is intended to call attention to a small change in the reporting format for our golf group, Cottonwood Ladies Golf Association.…

PVLGA Playday Results

Susan Lamb Hello 2023! The PVLGA is ready to get going with an exciting schedule of activities. We now have 21 new members. Four of our new members (Deb Salmonson, Melea Reese, Jan Kittle, and Kris Townsend) showed up to play on Jan. 10 in our Blind Partner game. Hopefully, you won some money with…

Bocce Ball—Session 1 Winners

John Terranova, President The first half of our club’s bocce season was completed on Sunday, Jan. 8, and divisional winners were honored at our Awards Potluck held at Sisk Park the following Sunday. Division A proved to be highly competitive once again, with the team of Mike Buscaglia and Doc Heckler winning the division and…