Local first-timers among gold medalists in pickleball event

Sunrise Rotary-sponsored event draws field of 233 participants

  • Richard Gaskalla, left, and Stephen Hines, await the ball during Saturday pickleball at Palatka High School. (MARK BLUMENTHAL / Palatka Daily News)
    Richard Gaskalla, left, and Stephen Hines, await the ball during Saturday pickleball at Palatka High School. (MARK BLUMENTHAL / Palatka Daily News)
  • Jim Howard returns a shot Saturday during the second annual Azalea Pickleball Tournament at Palatka High School. (MARK BLUMENTHAL / Palatka Daily News)
    Jim Howard returns a shot Saturday during the second annual Azalea Pickleball Tournament at Palatka High School. (MARK BLUMENTHAL / Palatka Daily News)
There’s a first time for everything, as Miguel Dejuk and Gordon Whitehurst demonstrated with gold-medal performances in the second annual Palatka Azalea Pickleball Tournament, held this weekend at…

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