After winning their sixth Central Coast Section title in football Saturday, six Balers recieved Monterey Bay League Gabilan Division All-league first team accolades Monday.
After outscoring Christopher and Gilroy 132 to 14 over the past two weeks, the Balers will attempt to win its third consecutive Monterey Bay League game Friday when they travel to play Alvarez.
Coming off a rousing 70-0 win over Gilroy High in the 2012 Prune Bowl, the Balers will hope to keep that momentum going in its first ever game against Gilroy’s Christopher High.
With a 6-0 lead at halftime, the San Benito football team seemed in control of Friday’s Monterey Bay League tilt with Salinas, but turnovers and inexperience derailed the Balers in the game’s final two quarters.
For the third-consecutive year the San Benito High football team will face the top public school in the region - Palo Alto - at 6:30 p.m. Friday in Andy Hardin Field.
Nine months removed from a shutout loss to Archbishop Mitty in the first round of the Central Coast Section Open Division playoffs, the San Benito Balers’ 2012 football team is ready to wash away that bad taste from their collective mouths.
With less than a week of practices under their belt - including two double day practices - the San Benito football team is slowly building to the team that it hopes can defend its Tri-County Athletic League title in the new Monterey Bay League this fall.