Tag: basketball

After playing football, basketball and baseball during his freshman year at Palma High, Tanner Carrillo-Zazueta thought as long as he kept up with his grades, he was well on his way to the W.H. “Hank” Muller Outstanding Scholar Athlete Award, an award given to athletes who played sports and recieved good grades through four years of high school. 

Male athlete winner: Isaiah Acfalle 

The polls have closed. The results will be in Friday's Pinnacle. Thank you for voting. 

Jordan Belton, the Balers basketball team’s leading scorer last year and first-team All-Tri-County Athletic League selection, will play college basketball next year at California Maritime Academy after signing a letter of intent with the school last week.

Mark Jackson coaches a Warriors team that has lost 17 of its last 21 games. He saw the man who hired him on a platform of bold promise, co-owner Joe Lacob, get lacerated by fans.

Driving to the basket, San Benito guard Jordan Belton was aiming to start his third playoff game — and first this year — off on the right foot. But despite head coach David Kaplansky’s warnings, Belton never expected to run into a six-foot, seven-inch center.

As I sit and write this column today (at midweek,) I’m looking out my window at some dark clouds and hoping they will bring in buckets full of rain later today. This has been one of the driest winters that I can remember. Many people, including us, have already started shipping their cattle.

Two days after the boys basketball team was eliminated from the Central Coast Section tournament, the team was rewarded for its season-long success by the Tri-County Athletic League.

In December, before his first season at the helm of the girls basketball team, head coach Mitch Burley has one goal: Get into the Central Coast Section playoffs and win.