Roundup: Jay Garcia goes 5-0, Balers top Madera South to take
tourney title
Behind a 5-0 performance from Jay Garcia at 130 pounds, the San
Benito High wrestling team kicked off its 2010-11 campaign on the
right foot last Saturday when it went 5-0 at the General McLane
Duals in Fresno, defeating Roosevelt (49-27), McLane (66-18),
Hoover (57-15), Fresno (54-21) and Madera South (45-37) in the
tournament championship.
Roundup: Jay Garcia goes 5-0, Balers top Madera South to take tourney title
Behind a 5-0 performance from Jay Garcia at 130 pounds, the San Benito High wrestling team kicked off its 2010-11 campaign on the right foot last Saturday when it went 5-0 at the General McLane Duals in Fresno, defeating Roosevelt (49-27), McLane (66-18), Hoover (57-15), Fresno (54-21) and Madera South (45-37) in the tournament championship.
Garcia’s undefeated record was the lone spotless streak for San Benito, although Miguel Martin del Campo, who split time with Nick Angelo (1-2) at 215 pounds, went 2-0.
Jonathan Arballo (2-1) and Zack Rodriguez (1-1) also split time at 152 pounds.
Otherwise, San Benito had seven different wrestlers finish with 4-1 marks, including Robb Rodriguez at 119 pounds, Kenny Salcedo at 125 pounds, Greg Landry at 145 pounds, Nick Mendizabal at 160 pounds, Joey Garcia at 171 pounds, Jorge Perez at 189 pounds and Javier Bustillos in the heavyweight class.
At 103 pounds, Jennifer Espinosa finished the dual tournament with a 3-2 record, while Dominic Cortes posted a similar mark at 142 pounds.
San Benito will return to the mat on Friday when it will take on Atascadero at 4:30 p.m., while at 9 a.m. on Saturday morning, the Balers will host the annual Fehlman/Baxter Tournament.
SBHS Boys Soccer
Behind a pair of second-half goals from Brian Cruz and Martin Navarro, the San Benito Haybalers leapfrogged host Monte Vista Christian at halftime en route to a 2-1 victory in non-conference action on Tuesday.
The private Watsonville school jumped out to an early lead in the 30th minute, a lead that would hold until halftime, but the Balers responded in the second half with the equalizer and the go-ahead score.
San Benito improves to 2-0 with the victory.
AHS Girls Soccer
After going 1-1 in a tournament at Watsonville last week, the Anzar High girls soccer team visited Saratoga on Monday to take on Prospect. But two second-half goals by Prospect lifted the Panthers past the Hawks, 2-0.
The loss drops Anzar to 1-2 on the early season.
AHS Girls Basketball
The Anzar High girls basketball played a close first half against Soledad Monday night, but couldn’t deliver the same performance in the second half as the host Aztecs pulled away en route to a 61-25 non-conference victory.
The loss drops the Hawks to 0-6 on the early season.
Anzar has had trouble staying near its opponent in the early going, but on Monday head coach Sam Stewart said the Hawks only trailed Soledad by a 25-15 margin at the break.
