

Idyllwild runners place in cross country meets
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Hemet High Schools sophmore runners (from left) Tanner Torrez, Jayden Emerson and Chad Schelly take off in Saturday’s race. Jayden finished third, Tanner fourth and Chad 19th, but the team of five was second to Beaumont by only 63 seconds.
At his first indoor track meet, a statewide competition in Fresno, Jayden Emerson, of Hemet High School and Idyllwild, finished second in his heat and ninth overall in the 2-mile race.
The inaugural Brendan Steele Award was presented to Cesar Cruz (center). Grandfathers for Golf President Tony Viola (left) and Advanced Head Coach Frank McCollum (right), himself a former PGA Tour professional, made the presentation.
The Hemet High School Girls Volleyball (23-6) team has returned to the state championships for the second consecutive year. On Saturday, they defeated the Cornelia Connelly School of Anaheim in games. Hemet took the first two games easily 25-11 and 25-6. Connelly came back from a 5-0 deficit in the third game and won 21-25,…