Youth Roundup: SB frosh start season on right foot
After compiling a perfect 7-0 record through the regular season,
the Aromas School’s eighth-grade girls basketball team ran the
table through the year-end league tournament, and recently finished
with a flawless 10-0 record in the San Benito Athletic League.
Coached by Aaron Netzel, who formerly coached the Anzar High
girls basketball team in San Juan Bautista, Aromas defeated its 10
opponents this past season by a combined margin of 296-93.
The team defeated Pacific West 37-4 to open the season on Nov.
16, then topped Sacred Heart 20-15, San Juan 34-8, Oakwood 32-6,
Spring Grove 14-13, San Juan again 36-6 and the Charter School of
Morgan Hill 30-2.
Youth Roundup: SB frosh start season on right foot
After compiling a perfect 7-0 record through the regular season, the Aromas School’s eighth-grade girls basketball team ran the table through the year-end league tournament, and recently finished with a flawless 10-0 record in the San Benito Athletic League.
Coached by Aaron Netzel, who formerly coached the Anzar High girls basketball team in San Juan Bautista, Aromas defeated its 10 opponents this past season by a combined margin of 296-93.
The team defeated Pacific West 37-4 to open the season on Nov. 16, then topped Sacred Heart 20-15, San Juan 34-8, Oakwood 32-6, Spring Grove 14-13, San Juan again 36-6 and the Charter School of Morgan Hill 30-2.
In the league tournament, Aromas then defeated San Juan a third time by a 34-16 margin and Spring Grove again 27-21. On Dec. 13, the eighth-grade team ensured a perfect record and a first-place finish when it upended Southside, 32-2.
Assisted by Liliana Resendez, the team includes Leslie Martinez, Katie VanWickler, Bianca Rocha, Alexis Froistad, Jessica Tidwell, Celeste Jauregui, Katie Bellone, BreAnn Scally and Lynette Weckerle.
SB frosh basketball team starts season 13-1
After sweeping three games at the Watsonville Tournament during the winter break, the San Benito High School freshman boys’ basketball team finished its preseason with an 11-1 record, the only blemish being a loss to a junior varsity team in a tournament championship game.
The Balers have since defeated both North Salinas and Gilroy in Tri-County Athletic League play as well, and are currently 13-1.
After a convincing 56-11 victory over Gonzales to start the year, the team went 2-1 at the Santa Clara Frosh-Soph Tournament, losing to Palo Alto High School’s JV team in the title game, before rattling off 10 consecutive wins.
The Balers beat TCAL rivals Salinas, Gilroy and Palma to win the Alisal Tournament, then defeated Watsonville and Seaside before heading to the Watsonville tourney during the recently completed school break.
Against St. Francis Central Coast Catholic of Watsonville in Game 1, 12 of San Benito’s 14 players scored in a 59-26 victory. R.J. Collins led the way with 12 points. In a contest with Santa Cruz, which the Balers won 61-47, Tony Diaz paced the team with 15 points and 10 other players made the scoring column.
In the final game, against King City, Diaz and Andrew Breen each scored 10 points and 12 Balers scored in a decisive 55-6 victory, in which the Mustangs did not score in the second half.
San Benito’s scheduled league game against Palma Wednesday was held after The Weekend Pinnacle’s press time.
