Ninja Golf!

Konnichiwa! こんにちは Behold, golfers who prefer the miniature game with green carpets, waterfalls, and fluorescent balls, there is a new course with a Japanese inspired theme in the unexpected locale of suburban Granger, Indiana called Ninja Golf! We may have played nearly all the putt-putt courses in the Northwest Indiana area so it was an […]

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Girls Need Fan Support Too

It’s Saturday night, and the undefeated, second-ranked conference team, Elkhart Central High School, is playing the undefeated, number-one ranked team, Penn High School, at their home gym in downtown Elkhart, Indiana. The Girls Varsity team has been away for the past 5 out of 6 games and I am expecting the gym to be packed […]

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A Beginner’s Guide to Pickleball Tournaments

A year ago I hadn’t even heard of Pickleball, let alone considered myself a tournament player. Now here I was in 95º heat and 75% humidity in the Lake Odessa Tournament, overcome with exhaustion yet gleaming in anticipation for the next point. “9-9? I am going to win this!”  This optimistic visualization in competitive athletes does […]

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Paddle Battle Tournament 2018

Memorial Day weekend was quite a whirlwind of activity at the Paddle Battle Tournament in Michigan City, Indiana. Our good friend, Jeff Cederna was the tournament director for the Northwest Athletic Club’s first annual Pickleball tournament. The Jagers got a first-hand look at just how a tournament is run from competing in events as players […]

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The First Catch of the Season

When the DNR announced the first of Indiana’s free fishing days for 2018 on April 21st, the Jagers were itching to cast a line. We renewed our annual fishing licenses at the Big R and set up at our favorite spot at Martin’s Landing in Elkhart, Indiana on the shoreline of the St. Joseph River. After […]

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