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After nearly three years on the job, Anzar High's 25-year-old athletic director Sam Stewart announced his resignation this week.

Less than a week after avoiding a defeat to Gilroy for the first time in four years, the boys soccer team used that momentum to shut out Palma 2-0.

Wrestling coach Brian DeCarli knew it would be tough for his young team to compete at the 2012 Mid Cals in Gilroy, but after a two dual victories Wednesday, he expected his team to wrestle well.

A week that started with a rousing 19-point comeback ended in the worst-possible fashion for the boys basketball team Friday. A nearly scoreless second quarter against Alvarez doomed the Balers, leading the way for the Balers' first league loss of the season.

The 32nd annual Mid Cals is in full swing at Gilrly High school this morning. The two-day tournament is in its preliminary stages, building toward the always entertaining finals under the spotlight on center mat.

Over the past few years, the San Benito girls soccer team has been about experience and strength. But with graduation purging its roster of its greatest tools, head coach Ben Alvarez needed to come into the new year looking in a new direction.

In a season that's been a constant eb and flow of good and bad, the wrestling squad expects its young team full of freshmen and sophomores to continue growing, starting with Friday's Mid Cal Tournament in Gilroy.

Rivalries usually consist of teams trading wins game in and game out. But in boys soccer, the Gilroy and San Benito rivalry has been mostly one sided - tilting toward the Mustangs.

The 51-50 loss to Salinas in December was still in the back of David Kaplansky's mind entering Wednesday's league duel with the Cowboys.