Calvert City players compete in the Saluki Indoor Pickleball Tournament

Winning Gold at the Saluki Pickleball Tournament (left) Leigh Toby and Dax Myhand in 4.0 Mixed Doubles. Earning Silver (center) Jennifer Hudgin and Brigette Thompson in 3.0 Women’s Doubles and Jessie Calvert and Rhiannon Greer in 3.5 Women’s Doubles.

Calvert City Pickleball players went to Carbondale, Ill. to participate in the Saluki Indoor Pickleball Tournament December 16-17. It was held at the SIU Student Recreation Center on nine courts. With 86 entries over two days, 19 players from far Western Kentucky brought home 16 medals – 4 Gold, 8 Silver and 4 Bronze medals. This was a tournament only a couple hours away and for some of our players this was their first ever tournament and they brought home the hardware.

Gold Medal Winners:
Leigh Toby and Dax Myhand – 4.0 Mixed Doubles
John Kollenberg and Taylor Myers – 3.5 Men’s Doubles

Silver Medal Winners:
Jessie Calvert and Rhiannon Greer – 3.5 Women’s Doubles
Shane Boudreaux and Kyle McClellan – 3.0 Men’s Doubles
Jennifer Hudgin and Brigette Thompson – 3.0 Women’s Doubles
Shane Boudreaux and Brigette Thompson – 3.0 Mixed Doubles 

Bronze Medal Winners:
Jason Jones and Dax Myhand – 4.0 Men’s Doubles
Shane Cosby and Ricky Baker – 3.0 Men’s Doubles

More results:
­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Dannette Baker and Ricky Baker- 4th 3.0 Mixed Doubles
Jack Smith and Michele Smith 5th 3.0 Mixed Doubles

Other participants included:
Wade Smith, Lance Ringstaff, Peter John

More Silver at the Saluki Pickleball Tournament was earned by (left) Shane Boudreaux and Kyle McClellan in 3.0 Men’s Doubles and Shane Boudreaux and Brigette Thompson in 3.0 Mixed Doubles.
Winning Bronze at the Saluki Pickleball Tournament (left) Jason Jones and Dax Myhand in 4.0 Men’s Doubles and Shane Cosby and Rickie Baker in 3.0 Men’s Doubles.