Jay Senter
Jay Senter
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Homestead duo take KC Open Paddle Tennis title

Paddlers competed in a tournament consolation match prior to Sunday's final at Homestead Country Club.
Paddlers competed in a tournament consolation match prior to Sunday's final at Homestead Country Club.
Paddlers competed in a tournament consolation match prior to Sunday’s final at Homestead Country Club.

Six dozen of the best paddle tennis players in the Kansas City metro gathered to vie for the title of the city’s best this weekend, and when it was all said and done, a Prairie Village-based duo playing on a Prairie Village court took the prize.

Homestead Country Club played host on Sunday to the KC Open finals, where Homestead’s own Kevin Kowalik and Kevin “KB” Braun defeated challengers Pete Stroer and Travis Helgeson. Kowalik and Braun defeated top seeded duo Patrick Eagan and Victor Vidal in the quarterfinals.

Both pairs advanced through five rounds of play to get to the championship match, where Kowalik and Braun won 6-1, 4-6, 6-4. Earlier tournament rounds were played at both Carriage Club and Homestead.

The win qualified Kowalik and Braun to compete in the national paddle tennis President’s Cup.

Some of the finalists took in peer's play prior to their match.
Some of the finalists took in peers’ play prior to their match.

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About the author

Jay Senter
Jay Senter

Jay Senter is the founder and publisher of the Johnson County Post.

He earned his bachelor’s degree in business at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, where he worked as a reporter and editor at The Badger Herald.

He went on to receive a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Kansas. While he was in graduate school, he also worked as a reporter for the Lawrence Journal-World.

His reporting has appeared in the Kansas City Star, The Pitch and The New York Times, among other publications.

Senter was the recipient of the Johnson County Community College Headliner Award in 2023.

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