Pickleball to become a varsity sport at all Montgomery Co. high schools

Pickleball is being adopted as a varsity sport at all of Montgomery County, Maryland, public high schools starting in the fall.

Maryland’s largest school district was the first in the country to offer pickleball as a varsity sport when it piloted pickleball at 11 county high schools last year, according to a Montgomery County Public Schools news release.

The sport will be available at all 25 high schools across Montgomery County this fall.

The varsity sport program is being...