Sports

Playing with energy and passion, the San Benito High girls volleyball team earned arguably its biggest victory of the season on Thursday, knocking off Notre Dame-Salinas in four sets. Game scores were 24-26, 27-25, 28-26, 26-24.

High tempo, high octane, fast and furious. That’s the way the San Benito High girls volleyball team has played this season, and the frenetic pace has left most of the Haybalers opponents gasping to catch their breath.

Hunter Nye gained a solid 10 pounds of muscle in the off-season, diligently hitting the weights with his twin brother Wyatt in their backyard. All of the hard work is paying off for Nye, a burly 5-foot-10, 185-pound junior fullback. Through four games, Nye is averaging 154 yards per game, including seven touchdown runs.

Over the summer, Kevin Kramer received an early Christmas gift—two of them actually. In a span of two months, the Gavilan College women’s volleyball coach learned one of his top players from last year—outside hitter Samantha Nydam—would be returning for her sophomore year at Gavilan.

The USA Sports gymnastics program had a strong outing in the Pink Meet Invitational last weekend at in Fremont. The program’s Level 5 team finished third with a score of 106.375. Chelsea DiLaura of Hollister won the individual title in the balance beam while placing third on the uneven bars.

The San Benito High girls tennis team defeated Pajaro Valley 7-0 on Sept. 24. Jessica Kirschmann, Megan Hurley, Julia Pearson and Heidi Bribiesca all were victorious in singles, combining to drop only 12 games in the process.

Through the first three games of the season, the San Benito High football team controlled the line of scrimmage by playing a physical style that has come to define the program. On Friday night, however, host Wilcox gave the Haybalers a taste of their own medicine.

San Benito High quarterback R.J. Clark has earned the right to check down plays at the line of scrimmage. In last week’s 21-14 win over Los Gatos, the senior signal-caller made 35 check downs, often with great results.

All but one of the players on the San Benito High field hockey team had prior experience playing the sport before the season started. One would expect the Haybalers to go through some growing pains, but every time they take the field, progress is being made.

Things have come full circle for the Anzar High volleyball team. After struggling for the last two years, the Hawks have showed the 2015 season is going to be a different story. Anzar improved to 4-1 after a five-game win over host North Salinas on Sept. 17.