Pickleball

Vitas Matulyauskas has been fighting some relief from the “noise torture” emanating from the pickleball courts near his Lisle home and has asked village trustees to declare the pickleball courts at Abbeywood Park a “public nuisance.

The Downers Grove Park District will hold a pickleball tournament on Sept. 8

Nine teams competed in the ByronFest's inaugural tournament with Phil Janssen and Caleb Young of Dakota taking first place.

Yorkville’s Carson Converse and Josiah Aguado topped the 24-team field to win the first first unofficial Illinois High School Pickleball Championship on Thursday in Naperville. The Crystal Lake Central team of Kasparas Venslauskas and Drew Watson earned third.

The Fox Valley YMCA, Sandwich Park District, Village of Somonauk and Growing Hope Globally are sponsoring a Charity Pickleball Tournament on Sunday, June 23.

Pickleball courts can be found across Will County including at park district sites in Joliet, Lockport and Plainfield as well as the Four Seasons Park in Shorewood.

Woodstock saw the cost of the tennis and pickleball court work increase after some lighting was left off the initial plans and the wrong fencing was ordered, officials said.

Pickle Haus is touted as "upscale" and the first of its kind in the Chicago area, with indoor pickleball, a bar, a coffee stand and a full kitchen.

Pickleball popularity climbs in Woodstock.

The DeKalb Park District announced it will begin construction and renovation projects for the Hopkins Park tennis and pickleball courts, playground and pool.

On Aug. 26, 22 teams competed in Gurnee Park District’s End of Summer pickleball tournament at O’Plaine Park.

Fans of the growing sport of Pickleball may soon have something to celebrate as the city of Peru has begun exploring court options after hearing interest from residents.

The new pickleball courts are coming together in Dixon.