

Idyllwild kids play in AYSO league
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Several Idyllwild girls are members of the Galaxy girls AYSO soccer team. Here Madison Collis, the goal keeper, stops her opponents scoring attempt and she also scored a goal in the 3-1 victory. Photo by Jessica Priefer


After missing two straight cuts and a U.S. Open qualifying playoff by a single stroke, Brendan Steele broke out of a short, mid-season slump big time last week at the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Connecticut. The Idyllwild native opened on Thursday with a blistering 62, his second 62 of the season and the lowest round…
Brendan Steele rode a tremendous third round to a top-6 finish in the Waste Management Phoenix Open in Scottsdale last week. On Saturday he fired a bogey-free, 9-under-par 62 — the lowest round of the entire tournament by two strokes, and the lowest 18-hole score Steele has posted in competition since joining the PGA Tour…
Beyond the end of August, the future of the Idyllwild Skate Park is uncertain, but it will be open each weekend this month, thanks to a donation from Idyllwild Pines Camp (IPC). While Idyllwild Community Recreation Council Acting Chair (ICRC) Dawn Sonnier was hoping to get financial support from Riverside County to keep the park open, that door seems closed for now.
Golf Jim Crandall, Palms to Pines Golf Association handicap chair, gave this report about the Friday, July 17, regular monthly golf tournament held at Menifee Lakes Country Club’s Lakes course. It was a hot day and the course was in good shape. Dave Robb (course handicap 15) and Scott Schroeder (22) tied for first place…
Idyllwild resident Bill Whitman competed in the 2012 USA Triathlon Age Group National Championships on Aug. 19. He did very well. Whitman finished sixth against 70 men in his division and 73rd out of a total of 1,024 competitors. In the Sprint division, he swam 750 meters, rode a bike for 20 kilometers and…
Brendan Steele moved up the leaderboard from last week, tying for 30th at the Wells Fargo Championship on the Quail Hollow course in Charlotte, North Carolina. The native Idyllwilder carded a 3-under-par 72-72-69-72 — 285 to earn 38 FedExCup points. Steele now stands 67th on the FedExCup list with 446 points with about four months…