A little more than two months after the San Benito High softball team clinched a seventh-consecutive Central Coast Section title, starting pitcher Megan Sabbatini was named to ESPN RISE Cal-Hi Sports Second Team All-State team as a pitcher.
There never was any doubt who should be in the circle for the San Benito softball team’s final out of the 2012 season. One out away from winning a seventh-straight Central Coast Section Division I title, the final out was always supposed to be Megan Sabbatini’s.
After winning its seventh-straight Central Coast Section Division I title Saturday with a 8-3 win over Carlmont, the San Benito softball team was honored with nine Tri-County Athletic League awards including Most Valuable Player and Most Valuable Pitcher.
San Benito freshman Adriana Ibarra has no problem admitting it, but she was “terrified” Saturday, when in a moment of desperation – in the middle of the Central Coast Section Division I championship game - the Balers (22-3) turned to her arm in the circle.
Behind Megan Sabbatini’s 12th shutout of the year, the San Benito softball team will play for its seventh-straight Central Coast Section Division I title on Saturday after beating Leland 4-0 at PAL Stadium in San Jose on Thursday.
Throughout the entire year, San Benito softball manager Scott Smith has praised the team’s pitching and offense but questioned its defense. In the quarterfinals of the Central Coast Section playoffs Saturday, San Benito proved defense shouldn’t be an issue.
How do you solve a problem like San Benito? The Gilroy High softball team has been baffled in finding an answer to that conundrum since March 21, 2006. And the Mustangs' quest will continue as the Balers again squeaked past GHS 2-0 on Tuesday in Gilroy.
For the first time this year, the San Benito softball team found out what it’s like to lose a Tri-County Athletic League game. The Balers fell to Salinas 1-0 Tuesday — and now have lost two of their past seven games.