

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

At times, the Hemet High School varsity girls volleyball team fielded a row of Idyllwild-connected players. Here (left and center) Sage Torrez and Rosie Robinson, former Idyllwild residents, and Savannah Loutzenhiser (right), of Idyllwild, prepare to receive the serve from Temecula Valley. The Hemet won the match 3-0 (25-14, 25-10, 25-11).
Alex Sanborn, no. 26, a Hemet High School defensive back, tackles the Perris High School runner during last week’s junior varsity game, which Perris won 20-0.
The Hemet High School Cross Country running team competed in the Mt. Carmel invitational last weekend. As the race began, three Idyllwild boys — (from the left) Jayden Emerson, Tanner Torrez and Chad Schelly — started together. Running against 285 other freshman from throughout Southern California and Arizona, Torrez finished 10th, Emerson was 11th and Schelly was 91st.