SPORTS: Town Hall Adult Basketball, High School Volleyball honors
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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.
In the first PGA Tour tournament after a three-month COVID-19-caused layoff, Brendan Steele had a rough go at the Charles Schwab Challenge. He was cut after posting a 4-over-par 71-73 — 144 over the first two days. The Idyllwild native wasn’t alone. Notable players including Phil Mickelson, Ricky Fowler, John Rahm and Matt Kuchar were…
Golf Jim Crandall, Palms to Pines Golf Association handicap chair, provided this report about the Association’s regular monthly tourneys in May and June. The May tourney was on Friday, May 25, at the Woodhaven Country Club in Palm Desert. Scott Schroeder (20) shot a net 66 for first place; Pete Capparelli (23) shot a net…
Brendan Steele tripped at the Barclay’s Championship last week, posting only a 5-over-par 75-70 — 145 to miss the cut by three strokes. He was, however, in good company, since Jordan Spieth, who entered the tournament as the No. 1 golfer in the world, was two shots worse. Nevertheless, the native Idyllwilder has enough FedExCup…
Brendan Steele posted a 3-over-par 73-68-74-68 — 283 at The Open Championship in Sandwich, Kent, England last week to finish tied for 67th place.The Idyllwild native posted 12 birdies against 11 bogeys and a double.Brendan currently stands in 88th place on the FedExCup points list, and he now is ranked 95th on the Official World…
In four years, the Idyllwild Middle School cross-country team has grown from 10 runners to 32, said coach Lee Arnson. He and Misty Hitchcock, both volunteer coaches, have built a thriving sport in Idyllwild that few other Hemet Unified middle schools have. “Every year, the team is bigger and bigger. It makes it more fun,”…
Brendan Steele posted a 6-under-par 70-71-72-69 — 282 at the Fortinet Championship in Truckee, California, on the PGA Tour last week to finish tied for 42nd place. The Idyllwild native posted 15 birdies against seven bogeys and a double while belting drives averaging 313 yards into 44% of the fairways. He hit 72% of the…
