Sports

After finishing in fourth place in the ultra competitive Monterey Bay League’s Gabilan Division—the best wrestling league in the Central Coast Section—last year, San Benito High expects a rise up the standings this season. It won’t be easy, of course, but Haybalers coach Steven...

For a good 10 minutes after the postgame huddle, the San Benito High coaches and players took turns hugging one another and expressing words of appreciation for all the hard work they put in this season. The Haybalers, who had just saw their season come...

In any one game, Eugene McBride could play any one of three positions—nose guard, tackle or end—on the defensive line. The responsibilities are different for every position, but what it takes to play them remain the same: determination, intensity and hard work. McBride, a San...

When Chace Miguel graduated from San Benito High in June 2015, she had already made up her mind that she wasn’t going to continue her soccer career—much to the dismay of Hartell College women’s soccer coach Ivan Guerrero. “When I first recruited her, she told...

Stevan Navarro started the season as a fourth-string running back. But the San Benito High junior now finds himself in a starring role in the backfield alongside Jonny Gonzalez. The 5-foot-10, 180-pound Navarro is coming off two huge games: a 16-carry, 146-yard, two touchdown...

Down two games to one to Monta Vista-Cupertino in a Central Coast Section Division I playoff opener last Saturday, the San Benito High girls volleyball team’s season was in serious danger of ending prematurely. “Before the fourth game, I asked the girls if they were...

Barring food poisoning or some mid-race injuries, it was a foregone conclusion the San Benito High girls cross country team was going to win another league title at last Saturday’s Monterey Bay League Championships at Toro Park. The Haybalers’ superiority showed as they ran...

What was setting up to be a monumental showdown turned into a long-awaited coronation for the San Benito High boys water polo team. Playing Monterey High in the championship match of the Monterey Bay League Pacific Division playoffs last Saturday at Aptos High, the...

Friday night’s contest against North Salinas—a 60-30 San Benito High win—was the last regular-season football game at Andy Hardin Stadium—and possibly ever—if the Haybalers don’t end up hosting a playoff game this season. The stadium will still host soccer events this winter, along with track...

Early in the fourth quarter of a Oct. 19 match between San Benito High and Monterey High, Casey Matsui found himself in an unenviable position. The Haybalers’ senior goalie was staring down Monterey’s Max Gibbs, who had a 5-meter penalty shot. But Matsui wasn’t...