If it's the last Saturday in August, it must be "Tennis With the Stars." 

Summer is filled with golf tournaments (by the hundreds).  3 years ago, Loan Vo, Josh Hanfling and Kenton Kuhn got together and thought it might be fun to to have a social tennis tournament that would be a lot of fun and benefit nonprofits.  Each year, more people play and more money is raised.

This year's beneficiaries included the YESS Institute and the Colorado Youth Tennis Foundation.

Event director Andy Zodin did another stellar job of setting up the brackets and inviting top pros into play not only during the tournament but with an exhibition match as well.  This year's exhibition match featured Eliot Teltscher and Jonathan Stark. Stark was a winner at both the French Open and Wimbledon in doubles (men's and mixed respectively).  Teltscher was a top ten player and won the French Open Mixed doubles as well. 

This year featured a new contest, where people could pay to take a serve from a top pro.  For those that would otherwise never get to be on the other side from a top pro or see a serve of 125 miles an hour plus, this was a rare opportunity.  The crowd witnessed lots of whiffs, but a couple of good returns as well.  And a couple of lucky returns in addition.

The main attraction is tennis.  Tennis lovers of all ages and abilities are put on teams of five with similar abilities.  Everyone gets plenty of action with players that are similarly matched.  Throw in players like District Attorney Mitch Morrisey and Opie Gone Bad singer Jake Shroeder and you've got a great mix.  Mini Bar owner Bill Ward plays a little but allows all the players to come for the "after party" at his nearby bar.