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The Californa Trucking Association donated $1,000 to Idyllwild School’s sports program last week. Here (from left) Principal Matt Kraemer, Volleyball captain Ben Cruz and softball captain Lizzie Anderson accept the check from Mark Studevan and Devon Ades, of the CTA, who sponsored a motorcycle ride through the San Jacinto Mountains and Idyllwild School was one of the stops. Photo by J.P. Crumrine

Brendan Steele posted 11 under par for the four rounds at The Desert Classic in La Quinta last week: 69-69-67-72 — 277, which tied for 57th place. The Idyllwild native’s drives averaged 298.9 yards and found 73 percent of the fairways, but he hit only 56 percent of the greens in regulation. Although he lost…
Brendan Steele posted a 7-under-par 71-66-73-71 — 281 at the CIMB Classic in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, last week to tie for 54th place. No stats are available, but he played more than 30 percent of the holes under par (22 of the 72). However, his scoring indicates a wild, up-and-down experience with 9 bogeys, 2…
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.
Idyllwild Garage, the third seed, won this year’s Town Hall Adult Volleyball Tournament. They defeated Idyllwild Pizza Company, the fourth seed, 3-2 in a very tight match that went the full five games. Idyllwild Garage took early and big leads in both of the first two games, but the Pizza Company fought back only to…
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…