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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



Idyllwild’s Palms to Pines Golf Association held its regular monthly tournament in conjunction with the final match-play playoff for the title of Club Champion on Friday, Oct. 21, on the Legends Course at the Morongo Golf Club at Tukwet Canyon in Beaumont (formerly East Valley Golf Club). The course was in excellent shape and the weather was fantastic.
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Brendan Steele fired under-par golf in the badly weather-delayed The Players Classic in Florida last week, posting a 6-under-par 73-69-69-71 — 282 to finish in a tie for 13th place. The Players is one of the most prestigious tournaments in golf, often referred to as “the 5th Major.”One highlight for the Idyllwild native had to…
Rob Roberge writes gritty, lean and powerful prose, drawing on his own struggles with alcohol and drug addiction, and the difficulty of balancing a day-to-day grip on sobriety. Eduardo Santiago, author and founder of the Idyllwild Authors Series, will interview Roberge 3 p.m. on Sunday, July 27. In his fourth novel, “The Cost of Living”…
Brendan Steele’s consecutive-cut streak ended at two last week when he shot 72 and 79 for 151 total during the first two days of The Players Championship on the TPC Sawgrass course at Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., missing the cut by seven strokes.
Idyllwild’s Lauren Salter earned a bronze medal in the women’s skeleton race during last weekend’s America’s Cup competition in Lake Placid, New York. In October, Salter began her season in disappointment. But she has persevered and has developed into an international competitor. Her third place finish of 1:54.03 was less than a second behind the…