Portraits: LaDonna Etzel

LaDonna Etzel is eating up the competition at Edgewood Vista in Fargo. The 76-year-old spends every Friday afternoon shooting pool with a group of women who call themselves the "Lady Sharks." "I never thought I could ever play pool; it looked too hard," Etzel said. "I didn't even know how to hold the stick." Etzel never played the game before moving two years ago to Fargo from Montana. But through some training with an Edgewood Vista instructor, she is starting to feel more comfortable at the pool table. "When you can shoot and get some balls in, it's a little more fun," she said. "But I still have a lot to learn."