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Brendan Steele is set to tee it up this week in the $7.4-million Travelers Championship on the TPC River Highlands course in Cromwell, Connecticut. The Idyllwild native has previously played the Travelers nine times — every year since he joined the PGA tour — collecting five top-20 finishes, including a top-5 in 2014. PGA Tour…
Idyllwild’s Lauren Salter competed in the second North American Cup stop in Calgary, Alberta. In the first Women’s Skeleton Race on Nov. 15, Salter finished 13th, with a combined 2-race time of 1:59.01 (59.83, 59.18). “I placed 13th in my race, not where I wanted to finish, but I had two huge personal records on…
Brendan Steele scored his sixth top-25 performance in 12 tournaments this season at the Shell Houston Open last week. The Idyllwild native carded an 8-under-par 71-67-73-69 — 280 and earned 41 more FedExCup points, making 624 thus far this season. He climbed to 26th place in the FedExCup rankings. Steele also topped the $1 million…
The Hemet High School boy’s volleyball team beat Saddleback High School (Orange County) 3 games to 1. The individual game scores were 25-10, 25-19, 14-25 and 25-22. Hemet plays Oak Park High School next. The game is Thursday, 7 p.m., at Oak Park, which is the number one seed in the division. Oak Park’s record…
In the Labor Day weekend game between Palm Springs Subaru and Idyllwild’s Pacific Slope team, plenty of action took place at home plate. The tournament is a benefit for the Idyllwild School sports program.
Basketball Robert Lewis, Town Hall recreation director, gave this report on Town Hall Youth Basketball. Division 1 (ages 6-9) On Tuesday, Jan. 30, the Acumen Tree Service Celtics played the American Legion Warriors. Kai Steigan made a bucket and played good defense for the Warriors. Amelie Peebles had a steal and grabbed numerous rebounds, but…