San Benito back on track – and field
For the first time since they’ve been involved with the program, Ryan Shorey and co-coach Rob Macias had to make cuts with the San Benito High track and field program.
From a practical and administrational standpoint, it probably made a ton of sense since a...
Former Balers standout Kaiya Dickens doubles up at MPC
When Kaiya Dickens has two team practices a day, that’s considered an “easier” workload.
Such is the life of Dickens, a Monterey Peninsula College (MPC) freshman who doubles up as a basketball and softball player. In a recent stretch, the 2021 San Benito High graduate...
Playoff loss can’t dampen San Benito’s tremendous season
Even after the San Benito High girls basketball team lost 46-28 to Los Gatos High in the quarterfinals of the Central Coast Section Division I playoffs on Feb. 22, it didn’t dampen coach Mitch Burley’s spirits.
“I was totally satisfied with the season,” said Burley,...
With firm foundation, San Benito boys basketball team looks to the future
Despite a 50-36 loss in the opening round of the Central Coast Section Division I playoffs on Feb. 18, San Benito High boys basketball coach Bo Buller wasn’t too downtrodden afterward.
After all, the Haybalers had their best season in eight years and the future...
Balers’ roundup: Boys soccer team, 3 wrestlers win league titles; CCS tournament starts
In the context of a high school sports season, rarely is a league championship and Central Coast Section playoff berth decided on the final day of the regular-season between the very two teams that are in contention for them.
But that’s exactly the situation the...
Gabilan champion Balers surge toward CCS playoffs
For the first time in 13 years, the San Benito High girls basketball team has won a league championship. The Haybalers finished this season with a share of the title with North Salinas after both went through the 10-game league slate with 8-2 records.
San...
Ryen Ortiz to play D-1 soccer; Balers aim to finish season strong
Ryen Ortiz and Laine Lowi are cherishing the last couple of games they have together playing on the San Benito High girls soccer team.
Best friends since preschool, the two will go their separate ways after they graduate, Ortiz to the University of North Carolina-Greensboro...
With breakthrough at Mid-Cals, Arthur Parra gains added confidence
If Arthur Parra ends up finishing in the top three in the upcoming Central Coast Section Championships—which would earn him a spot in the CIF State Tournament—he’ll point to the Gilroy Mid-Cals in late January as the turning point to his season.
The San Benito...
Resurgent San Benito High boys basketball team aim for strong finish
In a showdown game between two teams regardless of sport, the outcome often comes down to whichever squad has superior poise and execution, especially in the fourth quarter.
The San Benito High boys basketball team knows it was lacking on both those fronts in a...
Anzar High boys basketball team has PCAL Arroyo title in view
Rance Hodge is in his fourth season coaching the Anzar High boys basketball team.
Chew on that for a minute. At a school where coaches often depart after a year or two, Hodge has doubled the average coaching tenure expectancy at the San Juan Bautista...
