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Castleberry Country Club was once more the scene of local entertainment on Sunday afternoon, July 8. Sandii Castleberry hosted another of her popular wiffle ball golf tournaments, this time for the benefit of the Idyllwild Summer Concert Series. As usual, groundskeeper Henry Negrete had done a marvelous job of grooming the 18 “grays” (or…
Principal Matt Kraemer will be retiring at the end of June and handing over the job to current Idyllwild School sixth grade teacher Nicole Picchiottino. The newspaper ran a front-page story on her last week. Kraemer was with the Hemet Unified School District for 24 years. He was a teacher in Yuma, Arizona for 15…
Brendan Steele had another tough tournament last week, managing only an even-par 70-70 — 140 Thursday and Friday to miss the cut at the Wyndham Championship by 3. The winner eventually finished the four days 21 under par. The Idyllwild native found only 50 percent of the fairways with drives averaging 305 yards, but he…
It wasn’t one of his better tournaments this year, scoring wise, but Brendan Steele kept composure and patience throughout. Sunday the Idyllwild native was two over par on the day, giving him a 1-over-par 69-72-74-74 — 289 for the tournament and finishing him in a tie for 45th. He did record four birdies Sunday, including…
Golf Jim Crandall, Palms to Pines Golf Association handicap chair, provided this report about the association’s regular monthly tourney on Friday, Nov. 17 ,at the Seven Hills Golf Course in Hemet. Pete Capparelli (course handicap 20) and Dennis Chavez (9) tied for first place with net 72s. Scott Schroeder’s (20) net 74 earned him third…
Jim Crandall, Palms to Pines Golf Association handicap chair, provided this report about the Friday, May 17, golf tournament at the Palm Desert Resort Country Club. Palms to Pines golfer Gary Brown continues his hot streak. During last month’s tourney at Diamond Valley Golf Course, Brown shot the club’s first hole-in-one on the par 3…