Benicia High senior Luis Ramirez won his first Sac-Joaquin Section Division II varsity boys cross country championship last Saturday at Willow Hill in Folsom and qualified for the CIF State Cross Country Championships for a second straight year. Ramirez, who finished fifth in the SJS championships last year, dominated the competition this time around. Ramirez […]
Bruins devour Sharks in first round of NCS playoffs
The St. Patrick-St. Vincent High football team completely dominated St. Francis of Watsonville in the opening round of the North Coast Section Division V playoffs Friday night, building a 41-point lead by halftime and coasting to a 55-22 victory at Dante Magnani Field. The No. 5 seeded Bruins (8-3) fumbled on their first play of […]
Benicia comeback falls short in playoff loss to Burbank
Benicia High’s football team nearly came back from a 28-point deficit but ultimately fell short and had its season ended after a 35-28 loss to the Burbank Titans in the opening round of the Sac-Joaquin Section Division III playoffs at Corbus Field on Thursday. The No. 6 seeded Panthers (6-5) scored 21 unanswered points in […]
Five Panthers sign college ball letters of intent
Benicia High’s baseball and softball programs combined to have five athletes sign letters of intent Wednesday to play college athletics after graduation. Baseball seniors Cole Eigenhuis and Ethan Payne, and senior softball players McKenna Gregory, Olivia Mackey and Elizabeth Sweeney all sat in a row inside the Benicia gym and signed their respective letters of […]
Panthers host Burbank in SJS playoff opener at Corbus Field
Benicia High’s red-hot football team will “host” the Burbank Titans tonight at Vallejo’s Corbus Field in the opening round of the Sac-Joaquin Section Division III playoffs. It’s the third time this season the Panthers (6-4) will play at Corbus Field, their home away from home while their own stadium is being renovated. Benicia beat Vallejo, […]
Benicia’s Young finishes 38th at NorCal tourney
Benicia High’s Sofia Young struggled at times during last Monday’s Northern California Girls Golf Regional Championships and finished tied for 38th out of 88 golfers competing at The Club at Crazy Horse Ranch in Salinas. Young, the first Benicia High golfer ever to make it as far as the NorCal Championships, sunk a long birdie […]
BHS girls tennis team get bounced out of SJS semifinals by McClatchy
Benicia High’s girls tennis team had its season come to an end Monday after a 7-2 loss to McClatchy in the Sac-Joaquin Section Division II semifinals. It was the first loss of the season for Benicia, which was looking for its second Section championship in the past three years. The Lady Panthers managed to win […]
Ramirez wins SJS Sub-Section cross country title for Panthers
Benicia High senior Luis Ramirez finished in first place in the boys varsity race at last Saturday’s Sac-Joaquin Section Sub-Section Championships at Frogtown in Angels Camp. Ramirez ran the course in 15:55.9, finishing first out of 184 runners and qualifying for this Saturday’s Section Championships at Willow Hill in Folsom. Teammate Daylon Garcia also qualified […]
Panthers earn SJS playoff ‘home’ game; Bruins will host St. Francis in NCS
Benicia High’s varsity football team was given the No. 6 seed in the Sac-Joaquin Section Division III playoffs and will play a first-round “home” game this Thursday night at Corbus Field in Vallejo against the Burbank Titans. It’s the eighth straight playoff appearance for the Panthers, who have won in the opening round three times […]
Season comes to an end for SPSV girls volleyball team
The St. Patrick-St. Vincent High girls volleyball team had its season come to an end last Saturday in Lafayette after a 25-13, 25-15, 25-21 loss to Acalanes in the North Coast Section Division III quarterfinals. The Lady Bruins, seeded sixth in the tournament, got off to a poor start against No. 3 seed Acalanes and […]