The local pickleball team of Two Old Pickles, Jason Jericoff – a teacher at Escalon’s El Portal Middle School – and Craig Baize battled it out against several other teams this past weekend. Here, Baize returns a powerful shot. They were participating in the Saturday, Aug. 31 pickleball tournament hosted at Gilbert Park in Oakdale, put on by the Oakdale Pickleball Club. A total of 14 teams from Oakdale, Escalon, and Riverbank competed in the free entry double elimination tournament. The Two Old Pickles duo tied for fifth place.

Times Photo By Caleb Fox