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In the second game against Palma on the road, the Balers took advantage of the shorthanded Chieftains and won 50-48 in Salinas on Wednesday.

The San Benito football team’s postseason fate will now rely on something other than themselves – perhaps even by the luck of a coin toss – as the Balers couldn’t keep pace with Monterey Bay League champion Palma on Friday night in Hollister, losing 31-14.

As with every San Benito football season, the early goal is to make the finale with Palma mean something. That mission was accomplished this year.

Committing four errors and allowing a five-run inning won’t win many baseball games. And Tuesday, with a chance to clinch their seventh-straight Tri-County Athletic League championship, the San Benito baseball team proved it.

The San Benito boys golf team knew the Tri-County Athletic League Mountain Division title on Monday in Salinas would come down to Palma and the Balers.

Entering the fourth quarter down by three points, San Benito's Jordan Belton looked to pull the Balers closer with the first possession of the final quarter. But a couple of bad Baler passes and turnovers later, the Balers dug themselves into a hole they couldn't recover from.

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.

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.

Sophomore Josh George expected to play a large role in Friday's winner-take-all Tri-County Athletic League match against Palma - just not on offense.