

Idyllwild runner participates in Las Vegas Great Santa race
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Idyllwild local, Dawn Miller (with moustache and beard) and six family members pose after participating in Las Vegas Great Santa Run. Miller and her family (#8348 is her daughter) pushed the number of running Santas to 8,123, helping the Las Vegas charity break the world record for the most “Santas” in a 5K race. Photo courtesy of Dawn Miller

Castleberry Country Club was once more the scene of local entertainment on Sunday afternoon, July 8. Sandii Castleberry hosted another of her popular wiffle ball golf tournaments, this time for the benefit of the Idyllwild Summer Concert Series. As usual, groundskeeper Henry Negrete had done a marvelous job of grooming the 18 “grays” (or…
Brendan Steele played back in form in last week’s Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in Las Vegas. In four, all under-par, rounds, he carded 60-67-70-67 for a 273 total. The 11-under-par performance earned him a tie for 13th place and added $72,500 to his official money-list earnings for this season. Steele drove well…
Golf Jim Crandall, Palms to Pines Golf Association handicap chair, provided this report about the Friday, Aug. 15, golf tournament in conjunction with the first round of playoffs for the club championship. Play was at The Golf Club at Rancho California in Murrietta. It was a beautiful day and the course was in excellent shape….
Medical Management Practices Resources won the two-day annual Jimmy Campbell Softball Tournament this weekend. Photo courtesy Matt Kraemer
Idyllwild’s annual fundraiser volleyball tournament this Labor Day weekend took place on the birthday of Idyllwild School Athletic Director Holly Guntermann. A few of her former players gathered to wish her well.
Brendan Steele had two down and two up rounds at the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines in La Jolla last week, but his fine Sunday round prevailed. The Idyllwild native finished at 2-under-par, posting 76-67-74-69 — 286 to garner a tie for 28th place and earn $38,023 in official prize money. Steele had a…