
SPORTS: High School Cross Country
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Jayden Emerson (center), Hemet High School senior, finished 22nd out of 194 runners at the California State Cross-country finals Saturday. Here is joined with his parents, Jessica and Brennen Priefer, after the race in which he set another Hemet record with a time of 15:40 …

After missing two straight cuts and a U.S. Open qualifying playoff by a single stroke, Brendan Steele broke out of a short, mid-season slump big time last week at the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Connecticut. The Idyllwild native opened on Thursday with a blistering 62, his second 62 of the season and the lowest round…
After a three-week layoff, Brendan Steele plans to play in three straight tournaments, the first being this week in the $7-million Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in Las Vegas.During his three-week absence from the tour, other players continued to score FedExCup points, so the Idyllwild native has temporarily dropped to 103rd place on that points…
Town Hall Sports Coordinator Jeremy Teeguarden reported on Town Hall Youth Volleyball for the week of April 29. Second and third grades The playoff game was Tuesday night, April 30, between the Gummy Bears and the Sea Dragons. The winner of the match would move on to play the first place Blue Dragons in the…
The opening game was between the Idyllwild Professional Cleaning Service Ninja Strikers and the Rotary Raging Rivers. The Ninja Strikers Eduardo Lopez was kicking the ball all over the field and played great for his team. The Raging Rivers’ Finneas Carpenter played great defense and was awesome for his team. He earned player of the game for his team.
Golf Jim Crandall, Palms to Pines Golf Association handicap chair, provided this report about the Friday, April 17, regular monthly golf tournament held at The Country Club at Soboba Springs. It was a beautiful spring day and the course was in good shape. Dave Robb (course handicap 15) shot a gross 84, net 69 for…
In four years, the Idyllwild Middle School cross-country team has grown from 10 runners to 32, said coach Lee Arnson. He and Misty Hitchcock, both volunteer coaches, have built a thriving sport in Idyllwild that few other Hemet Unified middle schools have. “Every year, the team is bigger and bigger. It makes it more fun,”…