Two days after Gilroy High and San Benito combined for 17 runs, just four were needed to decide Thursday's Tri-County Athletic League game – and all four belonged to the Balers.
As with every season, winning the first game in league play is a must. For the San Benito and Gilroy high baseball teams, a league-opening win meant even more, as the Balers try to earn a seventh-straight Tri-County Athletic League title and the Mustangs try knock their rival off that perch.
The San Benito boys golf team has yet to win tournament this year - in three chances - but the Balers have steadily improved, head coach Regie Synegal said.
Despite missing a majority of its team because of basketball, the boys volleyball team opened the season with a three-game sweep of San Lorenzo Valley.
In December, before his first season at the helm of the girls basketball team, head coach Mitch Burley has one goal: Get into the Central Coast Section playoffs and win.