San Benito High boys’ basketball
The San Benito boys’ basketball team won its second straight
league game Tuesday when it staved off visiting Salinas 47-45 at
Hollister’s Mattson Gym.
Coupled with a 60-52 victory over host Alisal last Thursday, the
Haybalers are suddenly on a winning streak after losing their first
four. Thursday’s game at Everett Alvarez was not available at The
Pinnacle’s press time.
Dominic Zanella had 20 points to lead all scorers at Alisal,
while Tyler Rickard had 13 and Kyle Vallejo had 12.
On Tuesday, San Benito had eight different scorers and not one
of them scored in double-digits. Tim Von Urff led the Balers with
nine points, while teammates Eric Elayda and Zanella each had eight
points apiece.
San Benito High boys’ basketball
The San Benito boys’ basketball team won its second straight league game Tuesday when it staved off visiting Salinas 47-45 at Hollister’s Mattson Gym.
Coupled with a 60-52 victory over host Alisal last Thursday, the Haybalers are suddenly on a winning streak after losing their first four. Thursday’s game at Everett Alvarez was not available at The Pinnacle’s press time.
Dominic Zanella had 20 points to lead all scorers at Alisal, while Tyler Rickard had 13 and Kyle Vallejo had 12.
On Tuesday, San Benito had eight different scorers and not one of them scored in double-digits. Tim Von Urff led the Balers with nine points, while teammates Eric Elayda and Zanella each had eight points apiece.
San Benito wrestling
Despite not having a single champion, the San Benito wrestling team still walked away with a sixth-place finish among 67 teams at Mid Cals last weekend, third among CCS teams, and had four placers of the 12 wrestlers who competed.
The Balers’ 154.5 points placed them ahead of Kingsburg (144.0), Spanish Springs (140.5) and Monterey (134.0), among others at Mid Cals, while Selma, the third-ranked team in the state of California, snapped host Gilroy’s three-year reign at the tournament when it compiled 261.5 points to earn the Mid Cal crown.
Josh Ramirez was the lone finalist for San Benito. Wrestling at 147 pounds, down from his usual 152 pounds, Ramirez went all the way to championship before losing to San Lorenzo Valley’s Cody Rodebaugh.
Teammates Enrique Lucatero (3rd at 162 pounds), Geo Coelho (8th at 137 pounds) and Steven Borba (8th at 142 pounds) all placed as well at the prestigious tournament.
San Benito High girls’ soccer
The San Benito High girls’ soccer team suffered back-to-back losses for the first time this season on Monday when they lost 1-0 to Notre Dame at Cal State University Monterey Bay in Seaside.
Coupled with last week’s 3-0 loss at Gilroy, the Balers currently sit at 3-2-2 in the Tri-County Athletic League, 11-3-3 overall.
“We’ve had two games that we were unable to capitalize on,” San Benito head coach Ben Alvarez said. “We’ve got to get back into things here, back to the practice field and work on finishing.”
San Benito High boys’ soccer
Palma’s Matt Ostarello scored the game-winner during extra time and the Chieftains pulled out a 2-1 victory over San Benito on Monday in Hollister.
It was also the second narrow defeat in a row for San Benito. Just last week, the Balers lost to Gilroy 4-3 after the Mustangs scored the go-ahead goal with 12 minutes remaining in regulation.
San Benito tied the game at 1-all early in the second half when Brian Cruz deposited a score off a penalty kick in the 46th minute.
Baler keeper Christian Maravilla had seven saves on Monday.
San Benito High girls’ basketball
Led by 15 points from Vanessa Farias, 13 points from Megan Halstead and 12 points from Kelsey Russell, the San Benito girls’ basketball team posted another double-digit victory when it dropped visiting Alisal 63-41 at Hollister’s Mattson Gym.
It was San Benito’s 11th straight victory. The team’s game at Salinas Wednesday was not available at The Pinnacle’s press time.
Halstead connected on six field goals, Farias hit 7 of 9 from the free throw line and the defensive stalwart Russell had another strong offensive showing.
