

Sports: Town Hall Adult Soccer season comes to a close
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CHAMPS: Sunday, in a hard-fought championship game for the first season of adult soccer in Idyllwild, team Arriba came from behind 3-2 to win 5-3 in the highly competitive contest with Lumber Mill. The highlights of the game were the two header goals from Javier Castro to make the difference. Earlier in the day, Cafe Aroma finished third and La Casita finished fourth. Arriba, the Town Hall Adult Soccer champions, are, back row, from left, Mardyn Rodriguez, Javier Castro, Hector Cerritos, Candida Castro and her son, Matt McDonald and Francisco Peña. In front, Nelson Castro. Not shown: Ryan Righetti (Oso Blanco). Photo courtesy Mari Trujillo


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