Behind five innings from starter Megan Sabbatini and three home runs, San Benito stayed undefeated with a 18-3 blowout win in a shortened five-inning game against Notre Dame in Salinas on Tuesday.
San Benito head coach Billy Aviles always thought his team was going to hit well in the 2012 season, but he couldn’t have expected the end to the third week of Tri-County Athletic League play.
After losing its top scorer and offensive threats from last year’s team, the San Benito girls soccer team had to turn to youth and speed in the 2011-12 season.
Up 23-14 in the third game of the Balers volleyball match with Palma on Tuesday, San Benito looked like it was going to take control of the early-season contest.
In the first track and field meet of the 2012 season, the Balers seemed to be at mid-season form. San Benito dominated the Tri-County Athletic League’s Notre Dame and Palma, on its way to a 96-44 boys victory and 86-38 girls victory.
As with every season, winning the first game in league play is a must. For the San Benito and Gilroy high baseball teams, a league-opening win meant even more, as the Balers try to earn a seventh-straight Tri-County Athletic League title and the Mustangs try knock their rival off that perch.