Missouri Show-Me State and Senior Games start on Thursday

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Show-Me State and Senior Games kick off in Columbia on Thursday and will have dozens of events heading into the w...

June 8, 2023
2:52 PM

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Show-Me State and Senior Games kick off in Columbia on Thursday and will have dozens of events heading into the weekend. According to the game schedule , there will pickleball games at 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Cosmo-Bethel Park in Columbia. The sport of pickleball has been around for a some time. According to usapickleball.org , pickleball was founded in 1965 by Joel Pritchard, Bill Bell and Barney McCallum in Washington. By 1990, the sport had became national and was being played in all 50 states.

Joushua Blount