San Benito had a disappointing end to its season Monday when the
Haybalers finished fifth in the Tri-County Athletic League finals
at Quail Lodge Resort
&
amp; Golf Club.
Carmel Valley – San Benito had a disappointing end to its season Monday when the Haybalers finished fifth in the Tri-County Athletic League finals at Quail Lodge Resort & Golf Club.
Robby Sanchez led San Benito with an 88 over the 6,449-yard, par-71 course. Chad Stange was next at 93. Derrel Aton and Joey Amaral shot 95s, and Josh Greenwood had 101.
As has been the case all season, Palma ran away with the team competition. In fact, junior Sean Etow played with the No. 1s and shot 80 and it was only good enough for No. 5 for the Chieftains.
Freshman Matt Ogden played the back nine in even par and his 39-36-75 was the best score of the day. Cory Donnelly, the only Palma senior, followed at 76. Greg Classen and Kris Castella shot 77s as the Chieftains had a 385 total. Salinas was a distant second at 427.
The CCS championship will be May 9 at Rancho Canada West in Carmel Valley. Palma and Salinas will be the team representatives, and Gilroy’s Jordan Miller (80) and Kelly Cox (81), and Alvarez’s J.J. Sanchez (81) will go as the top three individuals.
Boys Volleyball
Watsonville – San Benito split its four games in the King of the Mountain Tournament on Saturday at Mt. Madonna High.
After opening with a loss to host Mt. Madonna, the sixth-ranked team in the Central Coast Section, the ‘Balers won their next two matches.
They beat Oak Grove 25-17, 23-25, 17-15 and then took care of Scotts Valley 18-25, 25-21, 15-13. San Benito closed the tournament with a 25-18, 25-16 loss to Saratoga.
The ‘Balers close out the regular season with two home games this week. They host Salinas at 6:30pm today and first-place Monterey at 6:30pm Thursday.
Boys Tennis
Salinas – Derek Panger won his first-round match last week in the Tri-County Athletic League championships, but that was it for San Benito which failed to advance a player or team to the Central Coast Section championships.
Panger defeated Isiah Castro of Watsonville 6-2, 6-1 before losing by the same scores to Gilroy’s Ben Wilson in the quarterfinals.
Meanwhile, Mark Tobias lost his singles match 6-3, 6-1 to Gilbert Villicana of Watsonville; D.J. Nielsen and Jon Rudolfs lost to Jose Villanueva and Javier Vargas of Watsonville 6-2, 6-1; and Austin Pan and Michael Labuguen lost to Shouji Chang and James Klindt of Monte Vista Christian 6-4, 7-5.
