Sports

Behind 120-pound champion Elijah Riddle, the San Benito wrestling team placed third during Saturday’s Bert Mar Invitational at Christopher High in Gilroy.

San Benito High boys basketball coach David Kaplansky has become accustomed to a new player stepping up offensively for his team each game.

For the third time so far this year, the San Benito and Christopher girls basketball teams went down to the final moments. This time - and for the second time this year - Christopher used a late run to pull away and defeat the Balers 43-36 in Hollister on Thursday.

After earning only three wins during last year’s Tri-County Athletic League play - thus becoming the only team not to be listed in the Monterey Bay League’s Gabilan Division at San Benito High - boys soccer coach Tony Deras knew it was going to be a hard climb atop the league.

Behind 20 points from Hyram Miskin and a strong defense, the San Benito boys basketball team improved to 2-0 inside the Monterey Bay League’s Gabilan Division on Wednesday with a 42-26 win over Salinas.

Throughout the first eight games of the year, the San Benito boys soccer team had trouble finishing and putting away teams. Against Christopher on Tuesday, the Balers did just that in a 3-0 win. After a back and forth first half, where neither team could score despite constant pressure on both sides of the field, San Benito took control in the second half.

The San Benito boys basketball team opened the season’s league play Friday with a 62-56 victory over Monterey.

Basketball history has never served the Anzar High girls basketball team very well. Only twice in its history has Anzar been crowned a league champion - the 2008-09 and 2007-08 seasons.