
Photo by Joe Neu


Photo by Michael Morton
SPORTS PHOTOS: Idyllwild School, high school and beyond
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The Idyllwild Middle School cross country team competed in its first meet Oct. 6, at Vail Lake Middle School in Temecula. The team has been practicing since the beginning of the school year and everyone had a terrific first race of the season. Runners and coaches (from left) are Coach Misty Hitchcock, Hannah Johnson, Tobey Posey, Bryan Mayberry, Max Neu, Arriana Felix, Jeremiah Whitney, Christian Ramirez, Vinny Parrillo, Grace McKimson, Tim Mejia, Rene Hernandez, Jadon Meskimen, Matilda Terry, Kevin Posey, Emmi Norris, McKenzie Nunez, Breanna Sheppard, Max Neu and Coach Lee Arnson. The team banner was graciously donated by the Lumber Mill restaurant. Photo by Joe Neu



Brendan Steele missed the cut by one stroke at the Travelers tournament last week, so now he’ll regroup and get ready for his next tournament, The Open Championship, which will be played at Carnoustie Golf Club in Angus, Scotland, the week of July 15 through 22. The native Idyllwilder dropped from 23rd to 24th on…
Golf Jim Crandall, Palms to Pines Golf Association handicap chair, provided this report about the regular monthly tourney, held on Friday, June 30, at The Country Club at Soboba Springs. It was a beautiful day, the course was in good shape, and low scores were the order of the day. Lee Lanfried (course handicap 26)…
Idyllwild native Brendan Steele put together under-par rounds of66-64-68 to post an 18-under par 198 and win the LIV golf tournament atAdelaide, Australia, by a single stroke. The 41-year-old pocketed a winner’s check of $4 million, plus anotherquarter million he won in the team competition at the same Adelaidetournament. It was Brendan’s first professional win…
Basketball Town Hall Youth Basketball Coordinator Bob Lewis gave this report for recent games. Division 1 (ages 6-9) On Tuesday, Jan. 26, the Bruins faced the Trojans. Oliver Gonzalez had a good game for the Bruins with 3 points and tenacious defense. Logan Wilkerson played great defense and grabbed many rebounds for the Trojans. The…
Brendan Steele stayed in Ohio after last week’s Memorial Tournament to play a qualifying round on Monday for this year’s $10 million U.S. Open. The Idyllwild native easily qualified by firing an 8-under-par 66-68 — 134 on the Wedgewood Golf & Country Club course in Powell, Ohio. The U.S. Open, one of the four “majors”…
29Jim Crandall, Palms to Pines Golf Association handicap chair, provided this report about the Friday, May 22, regular monthly golf tournament, which was held at the Temeku Hills Legends Course in Temecula. It was a cool, cloudy day with rain showers and drizzle, but not enough to delay play. Jerry Daquila (course handicap 26) shot…