Tag: david kaplansky

Basketball is a game of runs, and Friday night, Palma's one run was enough to hold off San Benito 52-44 in a battle for sole possession of first place in the Tri-County Athletic League.

A week that started with a rousing 19-point comeback ended in the worst-possible fashion for the boys basketball team Friday. A nearly scoreless second quarter against Alvarez doomed the Balers, leading the way for the Balers' first league loss of the season.

The 51-50 loss to Salinas in December was still in the back of David Kaplansky's mind entering Wednesday's league duel with the Cowboys.

Earlier this year, head coach David Kaplansky called Jordan Belton his closer, and Wednesday in a defensive-grudge match with Palma, Belton proved his head coach right.

CASTROVILLE - San Benito’s Isaiah Acfalle jumped the Salinas in-bounds pass, and in one motion passed the ball to Brian Bacerra for an easy score. Seconds later Acfalle did the same thing.

Stepping onto the San Benito basketball floor for the first time in nearly two years Tuesday seemed like a dream, or a memory from all those years ago, for San Benito graduate Victoria Aguilera.

Hustle. It’s not something that can really be taught. Instead it’s a mentality or something that is bred into someone. For teams without an athletic aptitude or a fusion of depth, hustle is the difference between winning and losing.

With time slowing ticking away, and San Benito nursing a lead, the ball stays in one player's hands - and that's by design.