High School Sports

This Video Q&A features Samantha Barrientos, a recent San Benito High School graduate who is competing in a national wrestling tournament starting July 12 in Fargo, N.D. Look for a story this week on Barrientos.

With cramped weight and wrestling facilities, the San Benito High Board of Trustees took one of the first steps in fixing the problem on June 12 by OK’ing detailed blueprints for a new building.

For 18 years it was a familiar sight to see Cody Cameron run around the sidelines at Andy Hardin Stadium. Whether it was in his mother Michelle’s arms or running up to the referee as the designated ball boy, Cody Cameron was always around the Haybalers in the fall.

The 2012-13 sports season was a banner year for San Benito High. After winning Monterey Bay League titles in cross country, boys basketball, softball, girls swimming, track and field and boys volleyball, San Benito had at least one sport crowned a champion each season.

The 2013 football schedule has been released, and the Balers will have a tough road if they want to give themselves a chance of defending their 2012 Central Coast Section Division I championship.

In his first showing at the CIF State Track and Field Championships over the weekend in Clovis, San Benito High junior Christopher Cook was eliminated after day one qualifying in the long jump.

After nine league titles and a sectional title, the San Benito High career of Vanessa Estrada came to an end Friday at the Central Coast Sectional championships at Gilroy High.

The track and field season ended for all but one local athlete Friday at Gilroy High during the Central Coast Section track and field championship.

After finishing the Monterey Bay League season with a perfect 12-0 record, the San Benito softball team was rewarded for its success on the diamond with a Monterey Bay League-high seven all-league selections.