The St. Patrick-St. Vincent High girls volleyball team advanced to the North Coast Section Division III quarterfinals with a 25-15, 25-19, 16-25, 25-12 victory over visiting Drake on Tuesday. Freshman Caroline Gallagher had 19 kills and 11 digs while senior teammate Nikki Lumauod added eight kills, 17 assists and 10 digs for the No. 6 […]
BHS girls tennis sweeps into SJS D-II semifinals
Benicia High’s girls tennis team swept into the Sac-Joaquin Section Division II semifinals after a 9-0 victory over visiting Bella Vista on Tuesday. Melanie Fisher won 6-0, 6-2 at No. 2 singles for the Lady Panthers and teammate Emily Jewik won 6-2, 6-0 at No. 4. Kaitlyn Tang (6-0, 6-2) and Madison Lammert (6-2, 6-1) […]
Young becomes first BHS golfer to reach NorCal Tournament
Junior Sofia Young became the first Benicia High golfer ever to qualify for the NorCal Tournament after advancing past the Sac-Joaquin Section Masters Tournament on Monday at the Reserve at Spanos Park in Stockton. Young shot a 1-over-par 73 and tied for the final NorCal qualifying spot for individuals with Beah Cruz of Christian Brothers. […]
Benicia jiu-jitsu fighters compete this weekend at the Cow Palace
A group of local jiu-jitsu fighters have been going through strenuous workouts at Pro-Faction Martial Arts & Fitness in Benicia preparing for this weekend’s World Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi IBJJF Championship at the Cow Palace in San Francisco. The championship is a prestigious Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) tournament hosted annually by the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation. The tournament […]
Panthers score 69 points in big win over Bethel
It was raining points Friday night as Benicia High’s varsity football team routed host Bethel, 69-38, to keep its Solano County Athletic Conference title hopes alive. The 69 points were the most for the Panthers in the 17-year tenure of head coach Craig Holden as Benicia (5-4, 3-1 SCAC) enjoyed its most lopsided victory of […]
SPSV football team sees TCAL title hopes vanish
Any hope of a Tri-County Athletic League championship went out the window for the St. Patrick-St. Vincent High varsity football team after a 40-27 loss to visiting El Cerrito on Friday. It was the third straight loss for the Bruins (6-3), who dropped to 1-3 in the TCAL with only one game remaining in the […]
BHS volleyball team opens playoffs at home Tuesday
Benicia High’s varsity volleyball team closed out the regular season with a 25-16, 25-16, 25-21 victory over host American Canyon last Thursday. Jessica Blakeman had 17 kills and 19 digs for the Lady Panthers, who finished 13-2 in the Solano County Athletic Conference, one game behind conference champion Vanden. It’s the first time since 2010 […]
Hayward wins SCAC singles title, Lammert and Beyer take doubles
Benicia High senior Lily Hayward finally got her Solano County Athletic Conference singles tennis championship. Hayward, who lost in the SCAC singles finals in 2014 and 2015, beat Benicia teammate Melanie Fisher 6-1, 1-6, 6-2 last Wednesday to take home the 2016 title. The win capped off an undefeated season for Hayward, who was named the […]
Ramirez, Menjibar-Moore win cross country titles for Benicia
Benicia High senior Luis Ramirez won the varsity boys title and freshman Alexandra Menjibar-Moore took the varsity girls crown at last Wednesday’s Solano County Athletic Conference cross country championships at Community Park. It was the second straight SCAC championship for Ramirez, who set a course record Wednesday with a time of 15:24. Vanden’s Erick Fierro […]
Lady Bruins fall to St. Mary’s in TCAL volleyball finals
The St. Patrick-St. Vincent High girls varsity volleyball team gave everything it had in last Thursday’s Tri-County Athletic League championship match but fell short in a 25-17, 22-25, 27-25, 26-24 loss to host St. Mary’s. SPSV (23-12) had its chances in each of the final two sets, only to see top-seeded St. Mary’s (14-10) pull […]