Stillman Valley Fall Festival pickleball tournament winners announced

The Stillman Valley Fall Festival held its fourth pickleball event sponsored by Kishwaukee Community Church on Sept. 26. This year, the event was held at the Meridian Junior High School courts. There were 12 teams entered in the double-elimination tournament and eight individuals in the round-robin event. Prize money for the event was provided by Robin Henry of Dickerson Nieman Realtors.The round-robin event winners were: first place, Tom Langenfeld, $50; second place, Russ Cordell, $40; and third place, Brian Kester, $30. In the double-elimination team tournament, the first-place prize of $100 went to Current Crushers, made up of Brian Kester and Tom Langenfeld; the second-place prize of $80 went to the DisPICKLEables team made up of Russ Cordell and Steve Carbaugh; and the third-place prize of $60 went to the Light Speed team made up of Barb and Donnie Light. There was also the Pickle Jar award of two jars of pickles that went to the team of The Big Dogs, who ended up in the Pickle