
Photo by Jay Pentrack

Photo by Jay Pentrack
Sports: Basketball and cross country fund raiser
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Cross-country runner Brooke Arnson (left) and father/coach Lee Arnson enjoy the spaghetti dinner the American Legion Post 800 hosted Saturday night to raise money for the cross-country team, the Mountain Lions. The teams are composed of children from fifth grade and up. Lee said the team needs money for jerseys and to fund bus travel to the meets in Temecula and Hemet. Grandma and Grandpa Neu organized the dinner and have been avid supporters. Photo by Jay Pentrack


Jim Crandall, Palms to Pines Golf Association handicap chair, provided this report about the Friday, Aug. 24, golf tournament at The Country Club at Soboba Springs. Idyllwild’s Palms to Pines Golf Association held its regular monthly tournament in conjunction with the first round of match-play playoffs for the title of club champion. Twenty-six golfers signed…
Brendan Steele came back Friday with a 2-under-par 69 to shoot an even-par 142 on the Colonial Country Club course in Bethesda to make the 36-hole cut on the number. It was his 14th cut made in 18 events this season. As usual, he gained strokes on the field tee-to-green, but gave back strokes with…
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Brendan Steele posted a 2-over-par 69-73-75-73 — 290 last week to place tied for 37th in the Memorial Tournament in Dublin, Ohio. The Idyllwild native’s statistics suggest that his driving accuracy and greens-in-regulation performance has been improving, which is good news with the U.S. Open coming up.Then, on Monday, in a 36-hole, one-day qualifying event…
Brendan Steele posted a 1-under-par 71-73-75-68 — 287 at Jack Nicklaus’ Memorial Tournament last week. In a double-free performance, he combined 19 birdies with 18 bogeys. His drives averaged 284 yards while finding 67.8 percent of the fairways, while he hit 53 percent of the greens in regulation. On the brighter side, he actually gained…