Tag: sports

In a game where the San Benito boys basketball team only trailed at its outset, Monday’s Monterey Bay League tilt between Seaside and the Balers was anything but one-sided.

Behind 120-pound champion Elijah Riddle, the San Benito wrestling team placed third during Saturday’s Bert Mar Invitational at Christopher High in Gilroy.

In what was an “opportunity of a lifetime” San Benito High alumnus Michael Murphy won his second consecutive Division I Football Championship Subdivision national championship Saturday as a member of the North Dakota State Bison.

For the third time so far this year, the San Benito and Christopher girls basketball teams went down to the final moments. This time - and for the second time this year - Christopher used a late run to pull away and defeat the Balers 43-36 in Hollister on Thursday.

After earning only three wins during last year’s Tri-County Athletic League play - thus becoming the only team not to be listed in the Monterey Bay League’s Gabilan Division at San Benito High - boys soccer coach Tony Deras knew it was going to be a hard climb atop the league.

Throughout the first eight games of the year, the San Benito boys soccer team had trouble finishing and putting away teams. Against Christopher on Tuesday, the Balers did just that in a 3-0 win. After a back and forth first half, where neither team could score despite constant pressure on both sides of the field, San Benito took control in the second half.

The San Benito boys basketball team opened the season’s league play Friday with a 62-56 victory over Monterey.

For as long as he could remember leading up to his freshman year at San Benito High, Jacob Tonascia was going to be a football and baseball player.