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Strong traditions can do one of two things to a young squad, softball manager Scott Smith said. It can overwhelm the youth, as the team tries to grow. Or the young players can use the tradition of success as motivation for their own success.

Quarterback Michael Bocksnick, who last season led San Benito High School to its first Tri-County Athletic League championship in six years, is moving to Morgan Hill and will transfer to Live Oak or Sobrato for his final year of high school, his father, Herb, a former San Benito freshman football coach, said.

Two days after the boys basketball team was eliminated from the Central Coast Section tournament, the team was rewarded for its season-long success by the Tri-County Athletic League.

In the first swim meet of the 2012 season, the girls medley relay continued its success from last year, as Caitlin Schafer, Rachel Estep, Haley Larson and Katarina Ortiz qualified for the Central Coast Section year-end meet.

For 25 games, the San Benito boys basketball team lived and died on strong, aggressive defense and 3-point shooting. In the team’s biggest game of the year - the Central Coast Section Division I semifinals - one piece of that winning formula went missing.

Anzar starting pitcher Nick Salgado had a simple goal entering Tuesday’s game with Pajaro Valley: Throw strikes.