Balers freshman Nessa Davis competes in first-ever para race in CCS Swim Championships
For the first time in the history of the Central Coast Section Swim and Dive Championships, para swimming races were incorporated into the event.
This year’s Championships were held at the Santa Clara International Swim Center May 6-7. San Benito High freshman Nessa Davis was...
San Benito High track and field team a tour de force at PCAL Masters-CCS Qualifier Meet
Jayden Freidt and Jasayla Mariscal knew exactly what they had to do in the Pacific Coast League Masters Track and Field/Central Coast Section Qualifier Meet on May 6 at Gilroy High.
Freidt, a senior on the San Benito boys team, and Mariscal, a freshman on...
San Benito baseball team wins the war of words and the game with Palma
It wouldn’t be a San Benito-Palma baseball game without some staredowns and smack talking. Their pivotal Pacific Coast League Gabilan Division game on May 3 had all of that, but it was the Haybalers who prevailed in a white-knuckle affair, 5-4, to gain the...
San Benito High School a champion of inclusion
San Benito High School has been a champion for inclusion efforts for the better part of a decade. On April 29, SBHS received national recognition as it received an award from ESPN and the Special Olympics as a Top 5 National Unified Champion Banner...
Chris Jamrok knows how to make the saves
When recruited high school athletes take a visit to a college they’re eyeing, they usually bring along one if not both of their parents.
For Chris Jamrok, however, he elected to fly solo—literally. In early March, the San Benito High senior goalkeeper flew into Seattle-Tacoma...
A champion school indeed: San Benito High awarded special designation
As San Benito High educators, Casandra Guerrero and Paulette Cobb always have short- and long-term goals in view.
But come Friday, they’re simply going to be cherishing the moment when ESPN and the Special Olympics will be on campus to present a banner to the...
Esparza, San Benito High softball team win in Vegas
After a solid junior season that ended with the San Benito High softball team hoisting the Central Coast Section championship trophy, Seryna Esparza entered the off-season with a renewed purpose and focus.
“Coming into senior year, I knew that came with a responsibility,” she said....
San Benito High lacrosse team aims for growth and future returns
San Benito High lacrosse coach Chris Branon acknowledged the team might go the entire season without earning a victory. At 0-9 entering their April 20 Pacific Coast League match against Aptos High, conventional wisdom would have it that there have been few things to...
Football players help power San Benito boys volleyball team
A slice of the San Benito High football team has permeated the boys volleyball squad, and coach David Ventura couldn’t be more pleased.
In newcomers Tyler Pacheco, Abraham Solorio and Michael Curto along with football/volleyball veterans Derek Sandoval, Jose Ceballos and Victor Villafuerte, San Benito...
San Benito boys tennis team acing league foes
The 2020 San Benito High boys tennis team was undefeated when Covid-19 shut down its season. Two years later, the Haybalers have proven that season was no fluke.
If San Benito (10-0 overall, 8-0 PCAL Mission Division) beats Pacific Grove on April 7, it will...