Hemet High Girls soccer team advances

The Hemet High School girls' soccer team plays its CIF semi-finals game at Hemet Stadium, 3 p.m., Tuesday, March 1. Hemet is the final Mountain Pass team remaining in the CIF playoffs.

This is the Segerstrom goalie trying to block a Hemet shot on goal. Hemet's coach Craig Dwinnell expected this one to go in, instead it hit the post and careemed back past the goalie, see second photo below.



More game action.

Hemet High Girls soccer team wins quarterfinals

At 3 p.m., the score was 0-0, the CIF quarterfinal game between Hemet High Scholl and Segerstrom High School had just begun.

At 5 p.m., the score had not changed, 0-0. But dozens of cold anxious fans were still watching and twenty-some players were nearly empty on adrenalin.

Midway through the first half, 0-0. After twenty minutes, the halftime

score was 0-0. In the thrilling last 5 minutes, neither team could score and both goalies had hit the turf hard and needed time to recover.

Eighty minutes of excitement and drama, but still no score. Then a 10 minutes scoreless overtime followed by the second overtime without the ball crossing either goal, but several spectacular saves.

Segerstrom had the first penalty kick, no score. Hemet goalie – one critical save.

Hemet’s first kicker is Jennifer Gordon, boom! Goal!! 1-0. The goalline is not impregnable.

Segerstorm’s second kicker scores, 1-1. Then Hemet’s next two are stopped. It’s still 1-1 and Sarah Hooper approaches the ball, stutter steps and puts it to the keepers left, 2-1. S

Segerstrom’s final kicker, eyes the goalie, the ball and puts it in, 2-2.

Now Hemet’s final kicker comes to the ball, Destiny (her name), kicks, … G O O O O A A A A L L L !! makes the final and winning penalty kick, Hemet 3-2.

The semi-final game will be Tuesday. Location to be decided, depending upon their opponent.

Hemet High Girls soccer team wins #2

The Hemet High School girls soccer team won its second round CIF game 4-1, according to our on the scene reporter, Shelby Read. At halftime, Orange County's Garden Grove High School had a 1-0 lead, but the Hemet women roared in the second half.

HHS Girls Soccer CIF play-offs

On Thursday, the Hemet High School girls soccer team won its first round game. They defeat Coast Union 8-0.

The second round game tomorrow against Garden Grove of Orange County, is 3 p.m. at Hemet. Originally, it was scheduled to be at Garden Grove, but CIF changed it to Hemet.

Hemet High Girls soccer team advances

Hemet High School's girls soccer team won its first CIF game yesterday afternoon. Hemet defeated Coast Uniion High School 8-0. At halftime, the score was 5-0.

The second round CIF soccer playoff game will be Tuesday, but the location is not known yet.

Five players scored for Hemet, including multiple goals Sarah Hooper's three and Rosie Robinson's two goals. Rosie also had two assists.

Robinson went from Idyllwild School to Hemet. She and Savanah Loutzenhiser start for the Hemet team. Also playing yesterday were Megan Read and Danika Hitchcock. (See photos below.)

(Left. Savanah Loutzenhiser interrupts a Coast Union attack.)


Four teams from Hemet's league — Mountain Pass — made the playoffs. Hemet was the number two seed in CIF Division 6 playoffs. Both Beaumont, the number 7 seed, and Tahquitz, the number 9 seed, won yesterday. Only San Jacinto from the local league lost. Sixteen teams remain in competition.

(Right Megan Read stands in front of goalie waiting for a corner shot.)

Coast Union High School is located in Cambria. The team had to come more than 300 miles and six hours for the game.



(top from left, Danika Hitchcock, Rosie Robinson, Savanah Loutzenhiser and Megan Read. Accompanying the players are Shelby Read and Payton Priefer.)