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…

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 third trip to the state volleyball tournament was a repeat of the 2011 visit for the Hemet High School girls volleyball team, CIF SS champions. Cathedral Catholic of Del Mar defeated the Hemet team again in the first round of the state tourney. The scores were 25-9, 25-18, 25-14. Cathedral Catholic was the San…