

Hemet cross-country finishes first at invitational
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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. Photo by Jessica Priefer

Jayden Emerson (center), Hemet High School senior, finished 22nd out of 194 runners at the California State Cross-country finals Saturday. Here is joined with his parents, Jessica and Brennen Priefer, after the race in which he set another Hemet record with a time of 15:40 …
The Hemet High School Junior Varsity soccer team poses after finishing third in Banning tournament this weekend. Idyllwild members (all in the back row) are Kyra Espinosa (4), Allie Hitchcock (7) and Mallory Marcus (12). Hemet won the final game when Allie made the winning penalty kick.
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.