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See what happens when kids get great pickleball instruction mixed with solid life lessons - First Paddle success!

It won't be long before these Home-Grown Pickles are giving us Grown-ups a real dill of a time on the court!

Who knew that it could be so much fun to earn a scholarship? Yet that's just what Carson Colmer, a senior at Aiken High School, has done!

Imagine a room full of curious kids, digital scales, sound level recorders, and an array of pickleball equipment.

The courts are filled with the thwack of balls, cheers of encourage from both the leaders and the participants, and excited laughter.

First Paddle: a program that combines pickleball instruction with character development lessons to benefit students launches this fall.

The thwack of balls, the squeak of shoes on the wooden floor, and the excited murmur of the crowd filled the gym at the Gregg Park...

Twenty-four enthusiastic teenagers took the court on Saturday, May 25, for the first annual Battle of the Paddles pickleball tournament.