Spring playoffs begin, end

By VALERIE DETWILER/The Valley Chronicle

Tahquitz High School's boys' volleyball team has accomplished it they set out to do at the beginning of the season: It qualified to go to California Interscholastic Scholarship playoffs in its inaugural year as a freelance school.

The team, made up of only freshman and sophomores, had to win at least half of its games to even have a shot at competing in postseason play.

The Titans managed this even though they had tough competition, such as West Valley High School, which placed first in the Sunbelt League, and Hemet High School, which placed second in the Sunbelt League.

The young Titans will have a David-and-Goliath-style challenge standing in front of them when they face Arrowhead Christian today.

The Titans will travel to Arrowhead to take on the first-place team at 7 p.m.

West Valley and Hemet are also headed to playoffs in boys' volleyball.

The Mustangs will have home court advantage when they take on El Modena High School of Orange at 7 p.m. today at West Valley.

El Modena was the third-place finisher in the Century League.

Hemet will travel to Arnold Beckman High School of Irvine, which placed second in the Pacific Coast League, for a 7 p.m. game today.

In other playoff news, Hemet's boys' tennis team won its wild-card-round playoff game Tuesday against Burroughs High School of Ridgecrest, 11-7, to send them to the first round of CIF playoffs.

Hemet traveled to Colony High School of Ontario, the first-place finisher in the Mt. Baldy League, for a 3 p.m. match. Results were not in by press time.

San Jacinto High School's boys' tennis team hosted Covina High School of Covina on Thursday for its first round of CIF play. The Tigers finished second in the Mountain Pass League.

Baseball and softball playoffs begin today, but seeding was not available at press time.

In swimming, Hemet High School's boys' team finished third in the 200-yard freestyle relay with a time of 1:31.08 in the CIF-SS-Toyota Division III Swimming Championships.

They also finished 27th in the 200 -yard medley relay with a time of 1:48.86 and 26th in the 400-yard freestyle relay.

The girls finished 27th in the 200-yard freestyle relay with a time of 1:50.01 and 20th in the 400-yard freestyle relay with a time of 4:02.

West Valley High School's Bryan Petersen placed 17th in the boys' 200-yard freestyle event with a time of 1:54.65 and 13th in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 56.63 seconds.

Hemet's Lisa Moinet had a ninth-place finish in the girls' 50-yard freestyle with a time of 25.36 seconds and a 10th-place finish in the 100-yard freestyle event with a time of 55.63 seconds.

Hemet's Kevin Abihider took 18th in the boys' 50-yard freestyle event with a time of 22.67 seconds. Abihider's teammate Ryan Coats placed 25th with a time of 22.94 seconds, and Wesley Paulson placed 28 with a time of 23.11 seconds.

Hemet's Aaron Wagner placed 32nd in the boys' 100-yard butterfly event with a time of 57.78 seconds and 14th in the 100 yard backstroke with a time of 59.73 seconds.

Abihider also placed 31st in the boys' 100 yard breaststroke with a time of 1:07.08, and Paulson finished 27th in the boys' 100-yard freestyle event with a time of 50.32 seconds.

For information or to find out when San Jacinto Valley teams play in playoffs, visit www.cifss.org.

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