

Idyllwild runner participates in Las Vegas Great Santa race
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Idyllwild local, Dawn Miller (with moustache and beard) and six family members pose after participating in Las Vegas Great Santa Run. Miller and her family (#8348 is her daughter) pushed the number of running Santas to 8,123, helping the Las Vegas charity break the world record for the most “Santas” in a 5K race. Photo courtesy of Dawn Miller

Brendan Steele’s troubles continued again last week when he shot a four-over-par (70 and 74) for a total score of 144 during the first two days of the Byron Nelson Championship in Irving, Texas, missing the cut by two strokes. Once again, the native Idyllwilder’s stats suggested difficulty hitting greens in regulation and leaving himself…
Hockey Idyllwild’s proud hockey Dad Brian Smith submitted this account of last week’s Wildcats game: This weekend the Wildcats played in the Presidents Day Open tournament. On Friday, the Wildcats played their first game against the Riverside Moose. Three minutes into the first period, the Moose started off the scoring with a breakaway goal. A…
Jim Crandall, Palms to Pines Golf Association handicap chair, provided this report on the Friday, July 20, golf tournament played at the Moreno Valley Ranch Golf Club. The day was hot and so was Gary Brown (course handicap 16), who won the tourney with a net 63. He also won the low gross score…
Lauren Salter, Idyllwild, won the women’s skeleton race gold medal at the Empire State Winter Games. The Games were the weekend of Feb. 3 and 4 at Mt. Van Hoevenberg, New York. Salter had the best two runs, totaling one minute, 55.18 seconds. She attained a top speed of 68 miles per hour. Salter had…
When the starter announced Brendan Steele as being from Idyllwild, there was great applause from the many Hill residents following him today. In addition to his wife, his parents and his Montreal Super Fans, Mike Ogle, who also had followed Steele yesterday, was joined by Sandii Castleberry, her boyfriend Vern Jaksch and his mother, Rusty…
Brendan Steele’s consecutive-cut streak ended at two last week when he shot 72 and 79 for 151 total during the first two days of The Players Championship on the TPC Sawgrass course at Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., missing the cut by seven strokes.