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SPORTS PHOTOS: Idyllwild School, high school and beyond
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The Hemet High School Boys’ freshman cross-country team finished first, against 14 other teams, in last week’s Mt. San Jacinto Invitational. Here, from left, are Jayden Emerson, Tanner Torrez and Chad Schelly. Tanner finished first, Jayden was eighth and Chad was 20th, competing against 168 other freshman runners.
The Lakers beat the Clippers, 16-12, and the Grizzlies beat the Heat, 14-13, Tuesday night.
Golf Jim Crandall, Palms to Pines Golf Association handicap chair, provided this report about the Friday, Nov. 21, regular monthly golf tournament held at the Oak Valley Golf Club in Beaumont. It was a beautiful day and the tough course was in excellent shape. Dave Robb (course handicap 16) shot a net 67 to take…
Idyllwild’s Palms to Pines Golf Association held its regular monthly tournament in conjunction with the final match-play playoff for the title of Club Champion on Friday, Oct. 21, on the Legends Course at the Morongo Golf Club at Tukwet Canyon in Beaumont (formerly East Valley Golf Club). The course was in excellent shape and the weather was fantastic.
Jayden Emerson, Idyllwild, finishing his run in the California Inter-Scholastic Federation Southern Section preliminaries. Jayden and fellow Hemet High School freshman, Tanner Torrez, joined the varsity team in November. Hemet finished ninth out of 14 teams. In the Mountain Pass League finals, the previous weekend, Tanner and Jayden led the varsity to second place, finishing 9th and 12th, respectively, out of 42 runners.
After a long, year-end break, Brendan Steele kicks off the main part of the 2016 season this week in our back yard at the CareerBuilder Challenge in La Quinta. The event is played on three courses, so the cut occurs on Saturday evening instead of Friday. The native Idyllwilder currently stands 27th on the FedExCup…