ADULT BASKETBALL: Brian Ensman (center) of Lee’s Green Giants, heads for the hoop in Town Hall adult 3-on-3 basketball at Idyllwild gym Wednesday evening, Dec. 3. Blake Swanson (left) and Scott Alton (right) of Dora’s Yellow Jackets attempt to block the shot. Lee’s Green Giants went home with the win. Photo by Gallagher Goodland
Town Hall Sports Coordinator Richard Mozeleski gave this report on basketball.
For the first time, Town Hall launched adult 3-on-3 basketball.
Games are played at 6 p.m. Wednesdays and at 10 and 11 a.m. Saturdays at the Idyllwild School gym.
The second season of teenage basketball, “Friday Night Lights,” is played at 7 p.m. Fridays.
Kids basketball will start after the first of the year. Teams are forming now.
STAND-OUT ATHLETES: Hemet High School volleyball MVP was Mallory Marcus (left) formerly of Idyllwild. Chloe Schelly (center) of Idyllwild, received the Freshman Bulldog award, and the offensive player of the year was Danille Simons (right). Mallory and Danielle were the varsity team captains and Chloe was freshman team captain. Photo courtesy Dr. Charles Schelly
Hemet High Schools sophmore runners (from left) Tanner Torrez, Jayden Emerson and Chad Schelly take off in Saturday’s race. Jayden finished third, Tanner fourth and Chad 19th, but the team of five was second to Beaumont by only 63 seconds.
The course got progressively tougher for Brendan Steele last week in the Workday Charity Open in Dublin, Ohio. He posted a 2-under-par 69-70-71-76 — 286 to finish tied for 52nd place. Driving distance and greens in regulation were good stats for him last week, but driving accuracy and the putter cost him strokes. The Idyllwild…
Following a three-month COVID-19-induced layoff, the PGA tour is back in action with Brendan Steele playing this week in the $7.5-million Charles Schwab Challenge on the Colonial Country Club course in Fort Worth, Texas. The Idyllwild native currently stands 40th on the FedExCup points list, and with his PGA Tour playing card for the 2020-2021…
Brendan Steele carded an 8-over-par 75-73 — 148 Thursday to miss the cut for the first time this year in a singles tournament. He and Keegan Bradley teamed to miss the cut at the Zurich Classic back in April. The native Idyllwilder had trouble with driving accuracy and greens in regulation, hitting only 50 percent…
Local real estate agent Gary Agner wanted to do something big, something that would help others. On Sunday, June 2, along with 2,500 other cyclists and 500 support staff, Agner begins a seven-day, 545-mile bike ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles, the AIDS LifeCycle. “I’ve never really done anything like this before,” Agner said,…
Idyllwild is on the map, at least on the map of Boston Marathon participants. Local runner Mark Dean has qualified and plans to participate in the event on April 15. His time in the June 2012 San Diego Rock and Roll Marathon qualified him for the 2013 Boston Marathon. Dean’s marathon experience consists of just…