The Town Crier Fireball team was up to bat against Jo’An’s Eagles Wednesday, July 8, during Town Hall Minor League Baseball at Idyllwild School. Photo by Jenny Kirchner
SPORTS: PHOTOS: Town Hall baseball
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Playing again this week Brendan Steele fired a 6-under-par 68-72-72-66 — 378 in Playa del Carmen, Mexico last week to tie for 41st place in the rain-delayed Mayakoba Golf Classic on the PGA Tour. The Idyllwild native posted one eagle and 18 birdies against 12 bogeys and a double, including a string of four consecutive…
For Mark Dean there were two Boston Marathons, the one that he trained for and the one he ran. Although he ran qualifying marathons in the flatlands, he trained in the mountains. The low atmospheric pressure and the highs he experienced running in the mountains sustained him well during the first 20 miles of the…
Steele’s one-under-par 70-71 — 141 in The Barclay’s last week was not good enough to make the cut in the first tournament of the FedEx Cup playoffs, so he earned no new FedEx cup points. However, he had enough FedEx Cup points built up from regular season play to advance to the second tournament of…
At times, the Hemet High School varsity girls volleyball team fielded a row of Idyllwild-connected players. Here (left and center) Sage Torrez and Rosie Robinson, former Idyllwild residents, and Savannah Loutzenhiser (right), of Idyllwild, prepare to receive the serve from Temecula Valley. The Hemet won the match 3-0 (25-14, 25-10, 25-11).
Wendy Read coached Hemet’s AYSO under 10-girls spring select team this spring, The team finished first during the season and in the Thunderbird tournament in Moreno Valley. At the end-of-season playoffs, after two overtimes, the championship game was still tied. Unfortunately, the girls lost the shoot out by one goal. Local Idyllwild resident Shelby Read (bottom right) was on the team.
ADULT BASKETBALL The ICC Adult Basketball League is off to a roaring start as the league keeps on growing with teams coming from as far as Anza and the Santa Rosa Reservation. The six teams took to the courts at the Idyllwild School gymnasium for some fast-paced, high-action games of 4-on-4 halfcourt basketball. Last year…