PHOTOS: Baseball

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Brendan Steele scored his sixth top-25 performance in 12 tournaments this season at the Shell Houston Open last week. The Idyllwild native carded an 8-under-par 71-67-73-69 — 280 and earned 41 more FedExCup points, making 624 thus far this season. He climbed to 26th place in the FedExCup rankings. Steele also topped the $1 million…
It didn’t go so well for Brendan Steele at the Shell Houston Open last week. He managed only an even-par 70-74 — 144, which missed the cut by one stroke. It was only his third missed cut in 11 starts this season. The Idyllwild native found half of the fairways with drives averaging 307 yards,…
Jim Crandall, Palms to Pines Golf Association handicap chair, provided this report about the 2012 championship held last weeek at the Oak Valley Golf Course in Beaumont. 2012 Playoffs Chuck Alkire is the new club champion of Idyllwild’s Palms to Pines Golf Association. Alkire upset Bob Stearns in a close match at the Oak…
After being among the leaders the whole way — he had the outright lead for a short period about half-way through — Brendan Steele had more trouble in the Sunday/Monday fourth round at The Honda Open in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. He didn’t play poorly; he hit every green on the front nine in regulation,…
Will Steichen Recreation & Program DirectorIdyllwild Community Center Idyllwild Community Center Co-ed Volleyball season wrapped up with an exciting playoff weekend. Team Village Hardware turned its season around, winning all of the last seven games and continuing its roll all the way to the championships. Team Red Kettle gave Team Village Hardware a challenging championship…
When the starter announced Brendan Steele as being from Idyllwild, there was great applause from the many Hill residents following him today. In addition to his wife, his parents and his Montreal Super Fans, Mike Ogle, who also had followed Steele yesterday, was joined by Sandii Castleberry, her boyfriend Vern Jaksch and his mother, Rusty…