Denise Cashmore This year’s MountainView Collegiate Women’s Golf Tournament was held at The Preserve Golf Club for the second year in a row. The event, held March 19 to 22, hosted 16 teams from coast-to-coast, and was a perfect way to honor the talent of young women in golf during the same month as International…
The MountainView Preserve Men’s Niners (MPMN), a men’s nine hole golf club, held its first ever club championship. Four 9–Hole rounds were played on each of the courses that we play, MountainView front/back, and the Preserve front/back. After all four rounds the championship was awarded to both the best gross score, as well as best…
Jim Grosjean In early April, the father-son duo of Jon and Tommy Bradley took first place honors in the MountainView Preserve Men’s Golf Association’s (MPMGA) member-guest tournament, better known as the Desperado. The tournament was won by a birdie on the Mountainview ninth hole, set up by Tommy Bradley’s brilliant 250-yard three-wood shot to a mere twelve feet from…
Joe Giammarino The Pool Players of The Brooke Billiards Club (PPB) held their 2026 Ladder Competition with 13 PPB Members participating. Tony “The Snake” Cardillo implemented and administered the PPB Ladder competition. The main reason for this competition was to increase head–to–head competition within the PPB Billiard Club. Each challenge on the ladder was a…
Joe “Fast Eddie” Giammarino The Pool Players of The Brookes’ Billiard Club (PPB) hosted an 8-Ball singles tournament on March 28 in SaddleBrooke One Catalina Recreation Center (CRC) Billiards Room. This was the fifth and last of five 8-Ball qualifiers for the PPB Club Championship. The PPB was the sponsor of this tournament. The format…
Were we “railroaded” in World War II? Join us on May 14, 1 p.m. at DesertView Theater. “American Railroads & Logistics in World War II, and the Southern Pacific Railroad”—Mark R. Schwartz (Lt. Col., USAF, retired). American entry into World War II came during a transition from economic depression to full-capacity manufacturing. Soldiers, raw materials…