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Skater Christion Robertson of Redondo Beach participates in the Idyllwild Skate Park games in October. Photo by Jenny Stepien

Idyllwild’s Palms to Pines Golf Association held its regular monthly tournament in conjunction with the first round of match play playoffs for the club championship on Friday, Aug. 19, at the Oak Valley Golf Club in Beaumont. The day was sunny and warm and the course was in good shape with fast greens. In the…
Above, Idyllwild School Principal Matt Kraemer (far right with baseball cap) organizes one of the teams playing in the Hemet Unified School District’s Kids Super Bowl. The event is for severely handicapped students. Kraemer first organized the event when he was principal of Little Lake Elementary and has carried the tradition forward at Idyllwild School….
Golf Jim Crandall, Palms to Pines Golf Association handicap chair, provided this report about the Friday, Nov. 21, regular monthly golf tournament held at the Oak Valley Golf Club in Beaumont. It was a beautiful day and the tough course was in excellent shape. Dave Robb (course handicap 16) shot a net 67 to take…
One week after his first missed cut of the season, Brendan Steele was back in the money. Last week at the Shell Houston Open in Humble, Texas, his five-under-par 70-71-71-71 — 283 was enough to tie for 38th place and $25,420 in official earnings. The native Idyllwilder hit 75 percent of the greens in regulation,…
After missing the cut in the True South Open at the end of last month, Brendan Steele returned to action two weeks ago, scoring a tie for 8th place in the Reno-Tahoe Open. With modified Stableford scoring in effect, he scored 6-10-7-7 — 30 to win $83,000 in official prize money. The tournament was won…
Brendan Steele got his game back big time at the Reno-Tahoe Open outside of Reno, Nevada. The native Idyllwilder shot 71-70-65-72 – 278, but more important for this tournament was his Modified Stableford score of 5-8-17-3 — 33, which was good enough for outright fourth place, his first top-5 and second top-10 finish of the…