

Klingaman finishes sixth in state championships
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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. Photo courtesy of Mike Morton

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…
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.
The Bulldogs triumph advances them to the quarter finals against La Canada, 3 p..m., Friday, Feb. 24 at Hemet Stadium.
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