

HHS freshman cross country team includes 3 Idyllwild residents
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Hemet High School’s freshman cross country team includes three Idyllwild (current and former) students. Shown here are Jayden Emerson-Priefer, Tanner Torrez, and Chad Schelly, all of whom finished within the top 40 runners and earned a medal in their first cross country meet in Laguna Hills Saturday. Photo by Brennen Priefer

In the Labor Day weekend game between Palm Springs Subaru and Idyllwild’s Pacific Slope team, plenty of action took place at home plate. The tournament is a benefit for the Idyllwild School sports program.
Brendan Steele managed three birdies against two bogeys to post a 1-under-par 71 on the Stadium Course in the CareerBuilders Challenge Thursday at La Quinta. That left the Idyllwild native in only 107th place going into round 2, but it must be noted that this tournament is played on three different courses, so there is…
After his first two rounds of 72 and 70, Brendan Steele knew he needed a really-remarkable turn-around performance to make the cut on Saturday at the Humana Classic in La Quinta—likely a 65. But as it turned out 65 wouldn’t do; he would need a 64. And he got it. Playing the Nicklaus Private course…
By David JeromeCorrespondent Often these pages carry portraits of locals old and new. This week we present a conversation with a pair of “part-timers,” at least for the present. Michael Steele and his wife Cynthia, normally residents of Florida, have spent the last few weeks in Idyllwild recovering from this summer’s Baja 500, and preparing…
Jim Crandall, Palms to Pines Golf Association handicap chair, provided this report about the Friday, April 19, golf tournament at the Diamond Valley Golf Club. Idyllwild’s Gary Brown shot a hole-in-one on the par 3 17th hole during Palms to Pines Golf Association’s regular monthly tournament. Brown is the first member to ever hole-in-one in…
When Brendan Steele went 70-74 to miss the cut in the John Deere Classic last month, there was a tangible reason: Just before the start of the second round he backed off the practice putting green and stepped in a hole, wrenching his back. The Idyllwild native wasn’t sure he could even finish play that…