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Photos: Wicked Pickle at Metrowest YMCA

by | Oct 26, 2025 | Featured, Featured: Features

The Hopkinton Center for the Arts and Metrowest YMCA held the annual Wicked Pickle pickleball tournament and fundraiser on Saturday at the Metrowest YMCA Outdoor Center.

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Wicked Pickle participants gather before the tournament. PHOTO/JOHN CARDILLO

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Joe Gammal (right), co-director of the event, gives a speech alongside fellow co-director Cal Webb. PHOTO/JOHN CARDILLO

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Players match up on the court. PHOTO/JOHN CARDILLO

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Janet Ceddia (left) and Jean Papagni play a match dressed as M&Ms. PHOTO/JOHN CARDILLO

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Competitors fill the pickleball courts. PHOTO/JOHN CARDILLO

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Maggie Lynch (left) and William Correa of Metrowest YMCA’s nutrition department serve up food. PHOTO/JOHN CARDILLO

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Standing alongside co-director Joe Gammal (far left) are intermediate competitors (from left) third-place finishers Shah Haque and Brad Leyshon, winners Becca Docknevich and Sanjana Surapaneni, second-place finishers Mike Zhu and Brian Zheng, and the Wicked Pickle mascot. PHOTO/SAM DOCKNEVICH

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Sanjana Surapaneni (left) and Becca Docknevich are all smiles after winning best costume and taking first place in the intermediate division. PHOTO/SAM DOCKNEVICH

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