

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

Town Hall Sports Coordinator Jeremy Teeguarden reported on Town Hall Adult volleyball for the week of Jan. 23. Monday, Jan. 23, volleyball game was between Forest Lumber and Pacific Slope. Pacific Slope played well all night and won the match in three games 25-17, 25-10, 25-22. Kylie Kenyon and Noah Whitney played great for their…
Brendan Steele carded an 8-over-par 75-73 — 148 Thursday to miss the cut for the first time this year in a singles tournament. He and Keegan Bradley teamed to miss the cut at the Zurich Classic back in April. The native Idyllwilder had trouble with driving accuracy and greens in regulation, hitting only 50 percent…
In four years, the Idyllwild Middle School cross-country team has grown from 10 runners to 32, said coach Lee Arnson. He and Misty Hitchcock, both volunteer coaches, have built a thriving sport in Idyllwild that few other Hemet Unified middle schools have. “Every year, the team is bigger and bigger. It makes it more fun,”…
Brendan Steele’s superfan — André Pilon, who flew to the desert from Montreal with his equally superfan wife Pierrette Filion — says that Steele was consistently hitting pin-point irons during his practice rounds on Tuesday and Wednesday before the Humana Challenge in La Quinta last week. The Idyllwild native was high on his game then,…
The Town Baker Bad News Bakers were on the field as The Ferro Sluggers batted. The Sluggers’ batter heads to first base as the Bad News Bakers’ fielder throws the ball…