SAAC Pickleball Tournament

Story by Antil Snoddy – Staff Reporter

LSN’s SAAC held its annual pickleball tournament fundraiser this past weekend and it was a huge success. Twenty-three teams showed up and the evening was filled with high spirits and good competition. 

   Members of SAAC helped set up the event for the night.

   “Us from SAAC we came around 3:30 to all the gyms…We started setting up the pickleball courts; we had six total. We set them up with tape and got nets from [ETMS] and[BCMS]. Once we got all that set up, teams started showing up around 4:30-5 ish and we started the tournament around 5:20-5:30,” Cam Sunarjo, senior, said. 

   The event lasted until 7:15 and the champions were crowned not long after.

   Team Fratty Baddies, seniors Carter Andrews and Wyatt Stewart, took the title for the second year in a row. They came into the tournament ready to face anyone in their way and expecting to get to the championship. Team Fratty Baddies won twenty-dollar Quiktrip gift cards and reigned supreme as champions. 

   All participants from the event encourage students from various grade levels to participate in next year’s pickleball tournament.

   “I would say sign up. It’s not only helping your physical health and mental health but it’s helping you get closer to other people playing a sport with a fun atmosphere,” Carter Andrews, senior, said.

   Events like these are a great way for students and teachers to socialize and meet new people.  SAAC hosts many fundraising events that bring the community together and everyone is welcome to participate.

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