June 20, 2021

Serve and volley

Intense pickleball competition heats up under sunny skies on Lewiston’s outdoor courts

Jim Graham, of Clarkston, delivers a hit to the ball to send it across the net in a game of pickleball at the Sunset Park courts Thursday morning. The Lewis Clark Pickleball Club gets together at the courts each Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday starting around 8 a.m.August Frank/Tribune

Steve Lisenbee, president of the Lewis Clark Valley Pickleball Club, jumps forward to hit the ball back across the net at Sunset Park on Thursday. The club looks to “get people out and exercise and help take care of public welfare through the sport of pickleball,” Lisenbee said. Every level of player can engage in the sport, LC Valley Pickleball Club president Steve Lisenbee said.August Frank/Tribune

LEFT: Cathy Zeller provides some encouragement as she and others watch a match at Sunset Park.August Frank/Tribune

ABOVE: Laura Rogers, left, and Patty Leachman cheer Thursday as they score a point against their opponents. Pickleball is the fasting-growing sport in America, with a 650 percent increase in the six years prior to 2019, according to the USA Pickleball Association. The Lewis Clark Valley Pickleball Club boasts more than 100 members and currently has 293 members in its Facebook group. The pickleball club hopes to rebuild its facilities at Sunset Park and add on an additional three courts. To that end, the club has put forward a proposal to Lewiston Parks and Recreation, and members currently are working on fundraising.August Frank/Tribune

ABOVE: Zeller, of Lewiston, lets out a yell as she watches the ball fall to her side of the net after rolling over the top of the net during a game of pickleball at the park. BELOW: Steve Lisenbee, president of the Lewis Clark Valley Pickleball Club, jumps forward to hit the ball back across the net. The club looks to “get people out and exercise and help take care of public welfare through the sport of pickleball,” Lisenbee said. Every level of player can engage in the sport, he added.August Frank/Tribune

FAR LEFT: Daniel Maher, delivers a hit to the ball in a photo taken at a slow exposure while shortening the focal length Thursday at the Sunset Park pickleball courts in Lewiston.August Frank/Tribune

BELOW: From left, Graham, Lisenbee, of Clarkston, Leachman, of Lewiston, and Rogers, of Clarkston, put their paddles in to say, “Good game,” after their pickleball match Thursday at Sunset Park.August Frank/Tribune

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