Behind two seniors, the 2011 Anzar Hawks volleyball team had its best season since its 2002 Central Coast Section Division V championship, going 20-10 and earning a berth in the CCS quarterfinals.
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.
Being named Student-Athlete of the Year was never a goal Emily Tonascia outwardly expressed during her two years at Gavilan College. But it certainly was something she wanted.Â
The Gavilan College women's volleyball program reappeared in 2005 after an 11-year hiatus. Two years later, Kevin Kramer took over as head coach, quickly, and quietly, turning a team that totaled a combined eight victories in 2005-06 to a conference contender.
The 2012-13 high school sports season will be a little different for schools in Gilroy and Hollister. After more than two years of discussion, the 2012-13 season will be the first in an equity league between the former members of the Tri-County Athletic League and the Monterey Bay League.
Over the course of the last six months, five players from the fall 2011 Gavilan College women’s volleyball program have signed scholarship offers to play at colleges all over the country.
After winning only their second Tri-County Athletic League championship — going 29-5 in the process — the Balers were decorated with year-end awards inside the TCAL.
In a swift three-game match against Bellarmine in the second round of the Central Coast Section Division I playoffs Thursday night, the San Benito volleyball season ended.