Benicia High’s varsity tennis team rolled to a 25-5, 25-7, 25-12 victory over host Vallejo last Thursday. Jessica Blakeman had 10 kills and seven aces for the Lady Panthers, who had 18 aces as a team and needed only 11 digs to dispatch the Lady Redhawks. Sara McBride added five kills and three aces, and […]
SPSV girls volleyball team falls short in loss to Albany
The St. Patrick-St. Vincent High girls varsity volleyball team had visiting Albany on its heels throughout Thursday’s big Tri-County Athletic League match but couldn’t break through in a 26-24, 25-20, 29-27 loss to the Lady Cougars. It was the second loss in five TCAL matches for the Lady Bruins (14-9, 3-2 TCAL), both losses coming […]
Carr is Big 10’s top receiver
Things just keep getting better and better for former Benicia High great Austin Carr. Carr, currently enjoying his senior football season with Northwestern University, leads the Big 10 in receptions (26) and receiving yards (393). Only Nick Westbrook of Indiana University has more touchdown catches than Carr, who set Benicia High season records in rushing […]
BHS girls first, boys second again in cross country
Following a familiar pattern, Benicia High’s girls varsity cross country team took first place while the varsity boys took second at Wednesday’s Solano County Athletic Conference meet at Hanns Park in Vallejo. It’s the third time in three SCAC meets that the Lady Panthers have finished first and the Panther boys second. Benicia’s girls won […]
Panthers come up short in Concord
A failed 2-point conversion late in the fourth quarter and a muffed punt with 2:39 remaining left Benicia High’s varsity football team a little short in a 14-12 loss at Concord on Friday. Trailing 14-6 with under five minutes to play, the Panthers got right back in it when Joseph Lee dropped a perfect pass […]
BHS girls tennis team closing in on record for consecutive SCAC wins
Benicia High’s girls tennis team took a step closer to the all-time record for consecutive Solano County Athletic Conference wins with a 9-0 victory over visiting American Canyon last Thursday. The win was Benicia’s 54th straight in SCAC competition, one short of the SCAC girls record held by the Rodriguez Lady Mustangs. Benicia, which has won […]
Panthers sweep American Canyon in water polo
Benicia High’s varsity water polo teams pulled off a sweep of host American Canyon in last Thursday’s Solano County Athletic Conference openers, with the Panther boys winning 16-8 and the Lady Panthers winning 8-6. Jason Own had six goals for the Panther boys, who improved to 3-5 overall. Three of Own’s goals came in the […]
BHS volleyball team rolls past American Canyon
Benicia High’s varsity volleyball team improved to 4-1 in the Solano County Athletic Conference after a 25-21, 25-16, 25-12 victory over visiting American Canyon last Thursday. Freshman Sara McBride had 10 kills and Emily Maher added eight kills for Benicia (6-2 overall). Jessica Blakeman had six kills and two blocks, Ramona Glatzel had eight digs, […]
Panthers close out preseason Friday in Concord
Benicia High’s varsity football team gets one final tune-up before the start of the Solano County Athletic Conference season when the Panthers play at Concord on Friday night at 7 p.m. The Panthers (2-2) have yet to put together a complete game this season and will be without senior starting quarterback Devin Holden, who suffered […]
BHS volleyball team sweeps SPSV
Playing against each other for the first time in more than two years, Benicia High’s varsity volleyball team managed to sweep visiting St. Patrick-St. Vincent High, 25-18, 25-18, 25-21, in a non-league match Wednesday. It was the first meeting between the two local rivals since the opening match of the 2014 season, which Benicia also […]