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Breanna Lewis, below, represented Idyllwild in the NFL Punt, Pass and Kick at San Diego Chargers Stadium on Sunday, Dec. 2. She competed against 12- and 13-year-old girls. Breanna won the Idyllwild and the Banning sectional competion to get to San Diego and earned third place in her division.Above they are shown running through the…
By Will SteichenIdyllwild Community Center Director The Idyllwild Community Center’s 2019 youth soccer season started last week. Soccer games are played on Thursdays and Fridays at 4:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. at the Idyllwild School. 4- to 6-year-old division The Red Hawks and Royals Knights played an exciting game with goals scored by the Red…
Coming off a fine T5 finish in Mexico in his very first LIV event, Brendan Steele tied for the win at the Gallery Golf Club course outside Tucson, Arizona, last week after three days of regulation play. Then, following a four-way playoff, he finished tied for second, earning $1,558,333 in official prize money. The Idyllwild…
Jim Crandall provided this report on the Feb. 17 Palms to Pines Golf Association tournament: The club held its regular monthly tournament at The Golf Club at Rancho California. There was a four-way tie for first place between John Brower (course handicap 10), John LoGiudice (23), Bill Sanborn (28) and Bob Stearns (24) all with…
Brendan Steele will tee it up this week in the $7.3-million Waste Management Phoenix Open on the TPC Scottsdale course in Scottsdale, Arizona. In 10 seasons of play there, the Idyllwild native has posted six top-20s, including four top-10s, two of which were top-5s. The TPC Scottsdale is a par-71 course with an iconic par-3…
On Sept. 8, local triathlete Bill Whitman ran in the San Diego Triathlon Classic. He finished first in his age group, men between 45 years and 49. His total time of 2:16:36 for the three events of the Olympic distances placed 20th out of 752 participants. The Olympic Triathlon is composed of a 1500 meter…