Pickling on the river’s edge

National pickleball champions Christine Barksdale and Wesley Gabrielsen felt right at home on the Hathaway Park courts.

They were just two of the 75 players from Washougal, Camas, Vancouver, Stevenson, Hood River, Portland, Hillsboro and McMinville who gathered for the first Washougal River’s Edge tournament Friday through Sunday. The Columbia River Pickleball Club organized this event to help pay for remaining construction costs on the city’s new pickleball courts.