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| Heritage High Athletes of the Week, from left: Kyle Hernandez, Christin McGrath, Jarrett Carter, Nerrah Taoete. Not pictured: Samantha Munoz. |
Christin McGrath of the Patriots' girls tennis team played singles last season. She teams with Brianna Thompson in doubles this season. Thanks in part to their leadership, Heritage is one of the top teams in the Sunbelt League.
"This year has been great," McGrath said. "It's been the best experience of my entire life. Tennis really changed my high school career, I started out as a little freshman, you don't know anyone. Then I started tennis and met so many girls, we all just clicked and bonded. It really defined me as a person."
Nerrah Taoete is a senior outside hitter and back row player for the volleyball team, which is battling for the league lead heading into the second round of league play. Taoete, who also plays club volleybal, hopes to attend Cal State Dominguez Hills next year.
"Over the summer, we all just kind of played for ourselves," she said. "We didn't really create that bond on the court. We didn't know how each other played. We only had four returning players. But we've come a long way.
"The outside hitter is your go-to player, mainly," she said. "The job is to put away the ball and play hard every point."
Jarrett Carter ran a personal best time of 17:40 for the boys cross country team in the Inland Empire Cross Country Challenge against top competition from across the Southland last week.
"I was told the fastest runners in the whole Inland Empire were there, so I just tried to do my best and keep up with the rest of them," he said. "That was my motivation."
Carter is preparing for the challenging course of the Mt. San Antonio College Invitational, where rugged hills serve as the ultimate test for runners in this meet and the CIF postseason competition.
Kyle Hernandez was thrust into the starting role as placekicker for the Patriots football team last week when Tyler Baca went out with an injury. He responded by making 6 of 7 PAT attempts.
Hernandez didn't have much time to be nervous at the start of the game. Jalen Glover returned the opening kickoff 88 yards for a touchdown, sending Hernandez right out for his first kick -- which he made.
"I found out Wednesday I was starting," said Hernandez, a senior in his first year on the varsity team. "I didn't know I would get in the game that fast. You're on the sidelines and you have to be aware of what's happening. Your team could score at any time and you're out there."
Samantha Munoz is the team captain for the girls golf team. In helping the team to a second-place finish in league with wins over Lakeside and Elsinore, she shot a round of 49 in her last match of the regular season.
Munoz placed in the top 10 in the league finals this week and was named first-team all-league.
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