High School Sports

High tempo, high octane, fast and furious. That’s the way the San Benito High girls volleyball team has played this season, and the frenetic pace has left most of the Haybalers opponents gasping to catch their breath.

Hunter Nye gained a solid 10 pounds of muscle in the off-season, diligently hitting the weights with his twin brother Wyatt in their backyard. All of the hard work is paying off for Nye, a burly 5-foot-10, 185-pound junior fullback. Through four games, Nye is averaging 154 yards per game, including seven touchdown runs.

The San Benito High girls tennis team defeated Pajaro Valley 7-0 on Sept. 24. Jessica Kirschmann, Megan Hurley, Julia Pearson and Heidi Bribiesca all were victorious in singles, combining to drop only 12 games in the process.

Through the first three games of the season, the San Benito High football team controlled the line of scrimmage by playing a physical style that has come to define the program. On Friday night, however, host Wilcox gave the Haybalers a taste of their own medicine.

San Benito High quarterback R.J. Clark has earned the right to check down plays at the line of scrimmage. In last week’s 21-14 win over Los Gatos, the senior signal-caller made 35 check downs, often with great results.

All but one of the players on the San Benito High field hockey team had prior experience playing the sport before the season started. One would expect the Haybalers to go through some growing pains, but every time they take the field, progress is being made.

Things have come full circle for the Anzar High volleyball team. After struggling for the last two years, the Hawks have showed the 2015 season is going to be a different story. Anzar improved to 4-1 after a five-game win over host North Salinas on Sept. 17.

At 12-3, the San Benito High girls volleyball team is off to its best start since the 2007 season. That year the Haybalers won the Tri-County League championship, advanced to the Central Coast Section Division I final and won their opening match in the CIF Northern California playoffs.

It’s only three games, but the San Benito High football team has made it clear the 2015 season could be a special one. After opening up the year with impressive wins over Hilmar and Palo Alto, the Haybalers recorded their biggest regular-season victory in recent memory in a 21-14 decision over visiting Los Gatos on Friday.

San Benito High junior Brad Sparrer finished fourth in the Junior Tour Northern California Golf Player of the Year standings to earn a berth in the annual Frys.com Open Pro-Junior event, which is held a week before the 2015-16 season-opening PGA Tour event at Silverado’s North Course in Napa.