By Derek Johnson Special to the Alpine Mountaineer Recent visitors to Lake Arrowhead Village's waterfront side may have noticed something different going on at Victory Tae Kwon Do. Why are there now adults in there, pinning each other to the floor and apparently...
Sports
Sports
Cauliflower ear – a hazard of wrestling
Cauliflower ear…ever heard of it? No pun intended. Football players get shin splints, runners get hammer toe and wrestlers get cauliflower ear...at least the lucky ones do. Many non-wrestlers might see it and wince, but most wrestlers love a good set of cauliflower...
Special Olympic athletes bowl for the gold
Hundreds witnessed the pinnacle of determination, skill and sportsmanship of our Special Olympic athletes at the Special Olympics Southern California 2024 bowling championships on Aug. 17. Jeffery Kellems (right) brought home the gold and Phyllis Wiggins was awarded a...
Highlanders win double-header
BY RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY Staff Writer The Crestline Highlanders of the SoCal Vintage Base Ball League have been having a great season. Although not undefeated as in the past two seasons, they are in third place as they enter the playoffs with a positive potential...
Wrestlers learn from a pro
It may be the start of football season – and wrestling season doesn’t start until November – but Rim wrestlers are training every day of the week that ends in “Y.” This past week, the head coach of the only NCAA D1 wrestling team in Southern California – California...
The mountain’s own Olympian
The Alpine Mountaineer proudly presents a new weekly column on the mountain’s most storied and successful athletic endeavor – Rim wrestling. This sport has touched the lives of many local boys and girls. Some excelled and some didn’t, but all gained life lessons...









