Category: Sports

Joe ‘Fast Eddie’ Giammarino Speeds Past Field of 16

Joseph F. Giammarino The Pool Players of The Brooke Billiards Club (PPB) hosted an 8-Ball Singles Tournament on July 27 in SaddleBrooke One’s Catalina Recreation Center Billiards Room. Thank you, Stone Canyon Painting and Leah Kari Solutions, for sponsoring this tournament. The format of this 8-Ball Singles Tournament was double elimination. The tournament director was…

Revenge Is Served by the Greenskeepers

Ret Convey Brace yourselves, ladies. It’s that time of year again! As summer draws to a close and we find ourselves distracted thinking of our northern pals who will soon reappear, we fail to keep an eye on our greenskeepers who are busily scheming and plotting their revenge against us. All year long, we sing…

What the Heck Is Cornhole?

When you were a kid, did you ever throw bean bags into a board with a hole? That’s cornhole, and it’s coming to the SaddleBrooke DesertView Complex this fall! The new SaddleBrooke Cornhole Club (SBCC) has been recently formed and plans to have its Grand Opening in early November, with play possible by late September/October.…

2025 Men’s Niners Membership Campaign

Steve Kotke, Publicity Chair We welcome you to come and meet new friends and golfers of all skill levels at the 2025 SaddleBrooke Men’s Niners membership meeting on Monday, Oct. 21, from 9 to 11 a.m. in the SaddleBrooke One clubhouse Agave Lounge. The SBMN League The SaddleBrooke Men’s Niners is a friendly, competitive venue…

MPMGA Golfers Compete in the Heat

Jim Grosjean As the summer mercifully fades into fall, the Mountainview-Preserve Men’s Golf Association (MPMGA) continues to offer a weekly golf event that can exhilarate and/or frustrate its members. The tournament that frustrated me the most this summer was unquestionably the Four Club and Putter contest. Golf is a tough game when played with a…

Verde Sputters August Fun and Games

BK Koch On Aug. 11, 53 Sputters and their guests filled the Vista dining room to play fun and games. Nine games of skill were set up. There were games and fun for all! There was Horse Racing, Darts, Hit the Barnyard Animals, Axe Throw, Horse Lasso, Ring Toss, and more, all inside the air-conditioned…