San Benito cross-country runner Vanessa Estrada warmed up for Wednesday’s league meet in Gilroy with a ninth place finish at the 39th annual Stanford Invitational in Palo Alto on Saturday.
San Benito head coach Hayley Vandercook admits at some point the San Benito girls water polo team will need more offense from girls not named Caitlin Schafer and Rachel Estep. But that day was not Tuesday.Â
The San Benito girls volleyball team improved its overall record to 9-8 after defeating league-opponent Monte Vista Christian 3-0 on Thursday and finishing 2-1 at the Menlo Tournament on Saturday.
Led by a pair of juniors and a new head coach, the 2011 San Benito girls golf came up just short of a Tri-County Athletic League championship and a berth in the state championship.
Behind a team of juniors and no seniors, the San Benito girls tennis team surprised the Tri-County Athletic League and finished in second place last fall. A year later, in the Gabilan Division of the new Monterey Bay League, expectations are sky high for the Balers.
Coming off a second-place finish in the final season inside the Tri-County Athletic League last year, the San Benito girls tennis squad returned to the court Tuesday, losing to Carmel 6-1.
Facing a Soquel team that has won its water polo league every year since 1995, the San Benito boys team struggled to find any consistency during Thursday's season opener.
Coming off a second-place finish last fall in the final year of the Tri-County Athletic League, the San Benito High girls volleyball team brings seven returning seniors and high expectations into the new year in the Monterey Bay League.
Playing in the Tri-County Athletic League B Division a year ago, the San Benito boys water polo team believed they were undervalued and undeservedly placed in a lower-tier league. After finishing with a 12-2 record inside the TCAL, and clinching the league championship with a goal in the closing seconds over Palma, the Balers won’t be underappreciated in 2012 when their season starts on Aug. 30 at Soquel.
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.