Sports

After playing football, basketball and baseball during his freshman year at Palma High, Tanner Carrillo-Zazueta thought as long as he kept up with his grades, he was well on his way to the W.H. “Hank” Muller Outstanding Scholar Athlete Award, an award given to athletes who played sports and recieved good grades through four years of high school. 

There never was any doubt who should be in the circle for the San Benito softball team’s final out of the 2012 season. One out away from winning a seventh-straight Central Coast Section Division I title, the final out was always supposed to be Megan Sabbatini’s.

Male athlete winner: Isaiah Acfalle 

In the first year of the Monterey Bay equity league, the San Benito football team will meet two new league opponents in Christopher and Monterey.

Oklahoma and former Baler shortstop Jessica Vest will play in a deciding Game 3 on Wednesday for the NCAA softball title.

Entering the Tri-County Athletic League championship at the Salinas Golf and Country Club, San Benito sophomore Ryan Han had one individual goal: Finish at least two shots better than Palma’s Jay Burlison.

San Benito High alumna Jessica Vest and the Oklahoma Sooners softball team are one win away from a NCAA Division I softball championship after beating Alabama 4-1 Monday evening.

Running in her first California Interscholastic Federation state championship for track and field - her third overall including two cross-country state finals - San Benito’s Vanessa Estrada just missed finishing inside the top-15 Saturday in Clovis.

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