

Klingamen finishes fifth in Sun Valley mountain bike race
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Idyllwild’s Emma Klingaman traveled to Sun Valley, Idaho to participate in the National Mountain Bike Championships. On July 14, she finished fifth in the women’s 15-18 Category 2 cross-country race (a 15.25 kilometer course) and earned her medal. This week, she is now tied number one in USA Cycling’s rankings for California mountain bikers. Photo courtesy of Michael Morton

Brendan Steele’s troubles continued again last week when he shot a four-over-par (70 and 74) for a total score of 144 during the first two days of the Byron Nelson Championship in Irving, Texas, missing the cut by two strokes. Once again, the native Idyllwilder’s stats suggested difficulty hitting greens in regulation and leaving himself…
Brendan Steele posted a plus-3 score after two rounds of modified Stableford play at the Barracuda Championship in Truckee last week to miss the cut by seven points.The Idyllwild native posted seven birdies against eight bogeys and a double while belting drives averaging 305 yards into more than two-thirds of the fairways. He hit 58%…
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For a brief period Saturday, Brendan Steele was alone at the top with a two-stroke lead over the field. This was after a sparkling five-birdie 31 on his front nine, but it was nearly leveled by a birdiless 4-over par 39 on the back nine to produce a 1-under-par 31-39 — 70 on the day….
It wasn’t one of his better tournaments this year, scoring wise, but Brendan Steele kept composure and patience throughout. Sunday the Idyllwild native was two over par on the day, giving him a 1-over-par 69-72-74-74 — 289 for the tournament and finishing him in a tie for 45th. He did record four birdies Sunday, including…
The 2013 Boston Marathon is only a month away, on April 15. Pine Cove’s Mark Dean has nearly completed his preparation for the premier marathon. He ran the San Diego Half Marathon (13 miles) Sunday, March 10, and plans one more long run before boarding his plane to Boston. In two weeks, he’ll run for…