Hemet beats Saddleback, 3 games to 1
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Josh Leih passes the ball to fellow teammates as they work on getting it over the net. Photo by Jenny Kirchner
The Hemet High School boy’s volleyball team beat Saddleback High School (Orange County) 3 games to 1. The individual game scores were 25-10, 25-19, 14-25 and 25-22. Hemet plays Oak Park High School next.
The game is Thursday, 7 p.m., at Oak Park, which is the number one seed in the division. Oak Park’s record is 26-6. They were undefeated (12-0) in the Tri-Valley League.
Oak Park is in LA county, between Simi Valley and Thousand Oaks.
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