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Despite Alex Sanborn’s defensive back skills, the Hemet High School junior varsity football team lost 33-7 to the West Valley High School team last Thursday. Photo by Bill Sanborn

The Mountain Pass League track and field championships showcased many Hemet High School students, including several current and former Idyllwild residents. At the Friday, May 3, meet Hemet senior Danika Hitchcock won the girls long jump with a leap of 16 feet, 4 inches, which qualified her for the CIF meet. She also finished second…
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…
In four years, the Idyllwild Middle School cross-country team has grown from 10 runners to 32, said coach Lee Arnson. He and Misty Hitchcock, both volunteer coaches, have built a thriving sport in Idyllwild that few other Hemet Unified middle schools have. “Every year, the team is bigger and bigger. It makes it more fun,”…
At Saturday’s cross-counrty race at Mt. Carmel, the Hemet High School boys did very well. The Idyllwild contingent, all sophomores, display their medals. The runners and their places are Tanner Torrez (36), Jayden Emerson (6), Nick Browen (72) and Chad Schelly (44). Hemet was sixth overall out of 25 schools throughout Riverside and San Diego counties.
The Hemet High School girls’ volleyball team is returning to the California Interscholastic Federation Southern Section tournament this week. This is Hemet’s third consecutive year in the Southern Section playoffs.
For the third consecutive year, the Hemet High School girls’ volleyball team will play in the CIF-SS semi-finals Tuesday evening, Nov. 13. The Bulldogs, seeded second in Division 4AA, had a first-round bye. In the second round, they easily defeated Twentynine Palms High School in 3 games (25-15, 25-6 and 25-14). Saturday night, Hemet…