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Idyllwild School fifth-grade girls (from left) Allyah Bride, Brooke Arnson, Leslie Pimental and McKenzie Nunez placed first in the fifth-grade team event at last week’s Middle School cross-country meet. Overall, Idyllwild students earned eight medals. Vinny Parillo placed in the seventh-grade boys run, Carmen Pratt in the eighth-grade girls, and Noah Rutherford and Evan Biley in the eighth-grade boys meet. Photo courtesy of Joe Neu



Bill Whitman of Idyllwild participated in the Pasadena Triathlon (all three legs of the race were held at the Rose Bowl) this weekend. He finished fifth in the event of 800 participants and first in his age group (50 to 54). The course was a five-kilometer run, 15-kilometer bike, and 150-meter swim. Since the swimming…
Riverside County Fire and Idyllwild Fire responded to a debris fire that caught nearby vegetation on fire in Fern Valley Tuesday night …
Basketball Robert Lewis, Town Hall recreation director, gave this report on Town Hall Youth Basketball. Division 1 (ages 6-9) Tuesday, Jan. 29, had the American Legion Lakers hosting the Idyllwild Pizza Co. Raptors. This game came down to the wire as Ethan Carto scored a bucket for the Lakers. Danielle Rodriguez had a good game…
Brendan Steele had rough going at the PGA Championship last week in Charlotte, North Carolina. He managed only a 74-76 — 150, missing the Friday-night cut by 3 strokes. The Idyllwild native’s drives found only 57 percent of the fairways, and he hit only two-thirds of the greens in regulation. Still, he gained 2.59 strokes…
Brendan Steele experienced tough times in two more tournaments during the past two weeks, missing the cuts at the Shell Houston Open and at his first Masters Tournament in Augusta, Ga. His stats in Houston and Augusta once again indicate difficulty with greens in regulation and putting. Steele is not playing this week. Next week,…
Federal officials held a special conference Thursday to announce their preparation for fire season …