High School Sports

Stevan Navarro started the season as a fourth-string running back. But the San Benito High junior now finds himself in a starring role in the backfield alongside Jonny Gonzalez. The 5-foot-10, 180-pound Navarro is coming off two huge games: a 16-carry, 146-yard, two touchdown...

Down two games to one to Monta Vista-Cupertino in a Central Coast Section Division I playoff opener last Saturday, the San Benito High girls volleyball team’s season was in serious danger of ending prematurely. “Before the fourth game, I asked the girls if they were...

Barring food poisoning or some mid-race injuries, it was a foregone conclusion the San Benito High girls cross country team was going to win another league title at last Saturday’s Monterey Bay League Championships at Toro Park. The Haybalers’ superiority showed as they ran...

What was setting up to be a monumental showdown turned into a long-awaited coronation for the San Benito High boys water polo team. Playing Monterey High in the championship match of the Monterey Bay League Pacific Division playoffs last Saturday at Aptos High, the...

Early in the fourth quarter of a Oct. 19 match between San Benito High and Monterey High, Casey Matsui found himself in an unenviable position. The Haybalers’ senior goalie was staring down Monterey’s Max Gibbs, who had a 5-meter penalty shot. But Matsui wasn’t...

After an injury slowed her progress last year, Elli Kliewer is back on track this season. The San Benito High senior is rounding into top form heading into Saturday’s Monterey Bay League Championships. Kliewer took second in the MBL’s third Center Meet on Oct....

Jonny Gonzalez was a sophomore starting fullback two years ago when a serious infection, trench mouth, forced him to miss two games—along with his starting position. “I was devastated because I had never not started before (at any level),” the San Benito High senior running...

It may have been Homecoming Game night at San Benito High, but it certainly wasn't home sweet home. The Haybalers (5-3, 3-2) dropped their second straight Monterey Bay League Gabilan Division game to Aptos High 35-12 last Friday night—and with that all but dashed...

When Annie Breger, Lauren Sabbatini, Nicole Andrade and Kieley Hoskins emerged as starters during their freshmen year, they never imagined they would be part of a core group that would go on to win three consecutive league championships. But that was the reality Thursday...

In a season of ups and downs, the Anzar High football team has been able to count on a couple of things: Their coaches and players like Jake Lindholm. The 5-foot-9, 148-pound senior makes an impact on both sides of the ball, as he...