Top Story Spotlight COMMUNITY College Station opens new multiuse and pickleball courts at Anderson Park Stephen Whitaker May 20, 2025 May 20, 2025 0 Brazos Valley Pickleball Association members play after the opening of pickleball and multi-use courts in Anderson Park on Tuesday. Meredith Seaver Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Stephen Whitaker A new sound was heard at Anderson Park on Tuesday morning: the dink of a ball hitting a paddle on the new pickleball courts.kAmr@==686 $E2E:@? |2J@C y@9? }:49@=D 925 32C6=J 4FE E96 C:33@? H:E9 9:D D4:DD@CD E@ @A6? E96 4@FCE 367@C6 >6>36CD @7 E96 qC2K@D '2==6J !:4<=632== pDD@4:2E:@? H6C6 AFEE:?8 E96 4@FCED E@ FD6]k^AmkAm“%9:D :D 2 8C62E 52J 7@C A:4<=632==] (6 2C6 D@ 6I4:E65 2?5 E92?<7F= E@ E96 4:EJ @7 r@==686 $E2E:@? 2?5 E96:C =6256CD9:A[” qC2K@D '2==6J !:4<=632== pDD@4:2E:@? !C6D:56?E y@6 w68H@@5 E@=5 %96 t28=6] “%96J 4@?DF=E65 H:E9 FD H96? 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