

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…
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 Hemet High School boys volleyball team is in the California Interscholastic Federation — Southern Section tournament. Hemet faced Saddleback High School (13-16) and number three from the Orange Coast League, Tuesday, May 8. The winner will face the Division 2 number one seed, Oak Park High School (26-6). Hemet finished the year with a…
Hemet High School’s Varsity Girls’ soccer team’s quest for a regional title ended Friday at the finals of the 2012 California Interscholastic Federation — Southern Section Tournament. There are no ties in championships, but these two teams tried very hardto dispel that myth. The Bulldogs and the Tartans played a tenacious game that didn’t end…