Shireen Kolarik
The Quail Creek Pickleball Club has five teams competing in the Arizona Pickleball Players League (APPL) this 2025 season. APPL provides team-based, intercommunity competition within and between regions of Arizona. Players experience multiple matches throughout the season in their region, with a chance to compete against teams from other regions in a state championship. There are many age and skill levels for players, including Entry Level (2.5 and 3.0), Intermediate (3.5 and 4.0), and Advanced (4.5 and 5.0), with subdivisions within skill levels for ages 18+, 50+, and 65+. Last year a Quail Creek team, the Quailenators, placed second in the state championship at the Men’s 65+ 4.0 division.
The QCPC teams this year are as follows:
Quail Crushers (Women’s 50+ 3.0): Judi Lynn Sorsen, Ardean Nickerson, Janet Brown, Donna Davis, Tina Davis, Sandy Einfeldt, Deb Fagan, Vicki Johnston, Johanna Keyworth, Diane Kirkendall, Rose Mendoza, Debi Nelson, Judy Spencer, Joan Wickstrom, Elizabeth Yuengling
Desert Die Hards (Women’s 50+ 3.5): Sandra Hubbard, Bobbi Jo Blythe, Margaret Collins, Coleen Ebert, Sharon Frank, Mary Ann Garman, Gail Gentling, Cheryl Hauser, Beth Larose, Connie Olsen, Jenny Turner, Madelyn Witt, Marlene Woolf, Nadine Zollner
Flow PC (Men’s 50+ 3.5): Rod Malloy, Lon Collins, Chuck Eparvier, Nicholas Espinosa, Frank Maier, Glen Melmer, Peter Miene, Michael Myers, Phillip Stancliff, Mark Turley, Allan Wascher, Christopher Yates
Quails Gone Wild (Women’s 50+ 4.0): Michelle Skoglund, Jean Bustard, Jill Anderson, Cindy Baracco, Jennifer Corbin, Jenny Farran, Naomi Giles, Linda Moore, Tami Papapetru, Jenny Perkins, Kellie Rich, Karen Riley, Debi Vail
QC Pickleball (Men’s 50+ 4.0): Scott Janetsky, Bill Giles, Fred Baum, Ronald Breuklander, Mark Conner, Bob Girouard, Jerry Gunn, Craig Macdonald, Barry McCartney, Shaun Smith, Eric Swiech
Good luck to all the pickleball players competing this year!