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Idyllwild’s Lauren Salter is pursuing her dream to make the U.S. Olympic Skeleton team. This year, just her third year in the sport, she earned a spot on the North American Cup team. Skeleton is a downhill sliding sport, where racers are face down and guide and turn with torque generated from twisting and…
For only the second time this season, Brendan Steele missed a cut on the PGA Tour. He shot 75-74 — 149 at the Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte, N.C., last week, and was three shots back of the cut number. The stats show that Idyllwild native had trouble keeping his drives in the fairways. He…
Jim Crandall, Palms to Pines Golf Association handicap chair, provided this report about the Friday, June 21, golf tournament at Golden Era Golf Course in San Jacinto to benefit the Grandfathers for Golf youth program. The Grandfathers program, a free program dedicated to teaching at-risk kids how to play golf, is based at Golden Era….
Sunday, July 24, was a beautiful day to be outside, and Idyllwild runner Bill Whitman went to the beach. “I had a pretty good race Sunday,” he said modestly. Whitman participated in the Solana Beach Triathlon along with more than 1,100 other athletes. Overall, he finished 28th. Within his age group (men 45 to 49)…
Brendan Steele did not fare well in the RBC Canadian Open in Vancouver, British Columbia two weeks ago. His 76-72 — 148 did not qualify him for the cut and weekend play. His driving accuracy was low, which led to a low percentage of greens in regulation. The Idyllwild native had last week off, but…
Idyllwild’s Lauren Salter finished fourth in the 2012 U.S. National Skeleton Championship title races this weekend at Mt. Van Hoevenberg, near Lake Placid, N.Y. Salter finished only 1.66 seconds behind the winner, Megan Henry. The competition was composed of four heats over the weekend. Salter was second after the first three, but incurred a bad…
