

Hemet girls volleyball bests Temecula
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Jayden Emerson, Idyllwild, finishing his run in the California Inter-Scholastic Federation Southern Section preliminaries. Jayden and fellow Hemet High School freshman, Tanner Torrez, joined the varsity team in November. Hemet finished ninth out of 14 teams. In the Mountain Pass League finals, the previous weekend, Tanner and Jayden led the varsity to second place, finishing 9th and 12th, respectively, out of 42 runners.
Emma Klingaman (center) is on the starting line at state championships on May 20. She finished sixth out of 20 in the girls varsity field. Hemet High School earned fifth place overall in Division 1, which included 32 teams.
The Hemet High School Girls Volleyball (23-6) team has returned to the state championships for the second consecutive year.
The Hemet High School Boys’ freshman cross-country team finished first, against 14 other teams, in last week’s Mt. San Jacinto Invitational. Here, from left, are Jayden Emerson, Tanner Torrez and Chad Schelly. Tanner finished first, Jayden was eighth and Chad was 20th, competing against 168 other freshman runners.
The Idyllwild trio of runners did very well at the Yucaipa Invitational held at Yucaipa High School Saturday, Oct. 1. The three local boys finished in the top 30 out of 147 runners. Tanner Torrez placed first with a time of 17:06. Jayden Emerson, 10 seconds behind, was third. Chad Schelly’s time of 18:37 was…