

Salter returns to Idyllwild School to share her story
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Lauren Salter (center), an Idyllwild School alum, and now living in Lake Placid, N.Y., spoke to Idyllwild School students about her Skeleton racing adventures on Thursday, Dec. 20, morning. She showed the equipment she uses, including her sled, and gave a slide/video presentation. Photo by Barbara Reese

Jim Crandall, Palms to Pines Golf Association handicap chair, provided this report about the Friday, Oct. 19, golf tournament. The club held its regular monthly tournament at Oak Valley Golf Club in Beaumont. It was a perfect fall day and the course was in excellent shape. Regular 2012-13 Tournament Les Widerynski (course handicap 18) shot…
After beginning the 2013 season on the PGA Tour with six consecutive cuts made, Brendan Steele seems to have hit a flat spot. The native Idyllwilder has now missed the cut in four straight tournaments, including the recent Colonial in Irving, Texas, and last week’s Memorial in Dublin, Ohio. A current problem appears to be…
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…
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…
After missing the cut two weeks ago in the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Conn., Brendan Steele last week posted 13-over par 71-76-74-76 — 297 in the AT&T National in Bethesda, Md. He tied for 68th place while earning $13,130 in official prize money. The Idyllwild native collected 8 birdies against 17 bogeys and two doubles…
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…