

Sports: Town Hall Adult Soccer season comes to a close
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CHAMPS: Sunday, in a hard-fought championship game for the first season of adult soccer in Idyllwild, team Arriba came from behind 3-2 to win 5-3 in the highly competitive contest with Lumber Mill. The highlights of the game were the two header goals from Javier Castro to make the difference. Earlier in the day, Cafe Aroma finished third and La Casita finished fourth. Arriba, the Town Hall Adult Soccer champions, are, back row, from left, Mardyn Rodriguez, Javier Castro, Hector Cerritos, Candida Castro and her son, Matt McDonald and Francisco Peña. In front, Nelson Castro. Not shown: Ryan Righetti (Oso Blanco). Photo courtesy Mari Trujillo


By Jim CrandallPalms to Pines Golf Association handicap chairman Idyllwild’s Palms to Pines Golf Association played a four-man scramble format tournament on Friday, Jan. 15 at Morongo Tukwet Canyon Champions Golf Course in Beaumont. Instead of each person playing to win the tournament individually, in a scramble format, each foursome is a team competing against…
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.
Many Idyllwild girls attended the Hemet High School Volleyball camp for 4th through 9th graders this week. Also several Idyllwild members of the Hemet varisity volleyball team coached the younger players during camp. Sitting in the first row, (from left) are Laney Wilke, Payton Priefer and Rory Wilke. In the second row (left) are Olivia Hernandez, Abby See, Sidney Cruz, Alia Teeguarden, Maggie McKimson, Shelby Read, Miren Pino, Chloe Schelly, and Amy McKimson. In the back row (from left) are Allie Hitchcock, Danika Hitchcock, Kyra Espinoza, Brianna Williams, Mallory Marcus, Savanah Loutzenhiser, Danielle Simpson and Sage Torrez.
The Idyllwild School Girls basketball team lost their first game of the season yesterday. Noli School beat them 28-18 in the season ending game. Coach Holly Guntermann was pleased with the 8-1 record and is looking forward to next year’s season.
Jim Crandall, Palms to Pines Golf Association handicap chair, provided this report about the Friday, May 16, golf tournament at the Palm Desert Resort Country Club. It was a hot spring day in the desert, with temperatures climbing to about 107 degrees. The course was in great shape. John LoGiudice (course handicap 24) took first…
Native Idyllwilder Brendan Steele had more trouble last week at the Charles Schwab Challenge on the Colonial Country Club course in Fort Worth. He posted a 12-over par 75-77 — 152 to miss the 36-hole cut by 10. For the two days, he pounded drives averaging 317 yards, but they found fairways only 50 percent…