Benicia High’s varsity baseball team proved it’s not how you start but how you finish that matters. The Panthers, who began the season losing eight of their first 11 games, rallied to beat Bella Vista, 8-4, to capture the Sac-Joaquin Section Division II championship Monday night at Sacramento City College’s Union Stadium. It was the […]

For the better part of five innings Friday, Cardinal Newman pitcher Lexie Raasch was fooling the St. Patrick-St. Vincent High softball team with her deceptive rise ball. Then in the bottom of the sixth, SPSV senior Jaydee Boursaw finally caught up with it. Boursaw’s three-run homer erased a 3-1 deficit and vaulted the Lady Bruins […]

Last Thursday’s Sac-Joaquin Section Division III softball championship round at the Sacramento Softball Complex had more drama than a primetime “reality” show. Needing to beat Ceres twice in a row for their third straight on-the-field Section title, Benicia High’s Lady Panthers crushed the Lady Bulldogs, 8-1, in Game 1 but fell agonizingly short in Game […]

Former Benicia High softball player Victoria Mackey had a stellar freshman season for Southern Oregon University this year. Mackey posted a 2.29 earned-run average – the lowest for a Raider freshman in the modern era of SOU softball – and a 16-3 record with 48 strikeouts and just 25 walks in 131 2/3 innings. She […]

Benicia High’s softball team reached the Sac-Joaquin Section championship round for a third straight season after squeaking past Vista del Lago, 2-1, in Wednesday’s semifinal elimination game at the Sacramento Softball Complex. The No. 5 seeded Lady Panthers (22-6), who already have one loss in the double-elimination portion of the Division III bracket, needed to […]

A disappointing season came to a disappointing end Wednesday for the St. Patrick-St. Vincent High varsity baseball team. The Bruins, who went 7-13 during the regular season and finished tied for last place in the Tri-County Athletic League, fell 11-4 to the host Justin-Siena Braves in the opening round of the North Coast Section Division […]

They say pitching and defense wins championships. Turns out you need a little offense, too. Benicia High’s softball team managed only two hits and failed to score in a 1-0, 10-inning loss to No. 3 seed Ceres on Tuesday at the Sacramento Softball Complex, dropping the Lady Panthers into an elimination game in the Sac-Joaquin […]

Deijah Pangilinan and Jaydee Boursaw each hit two-run homers and Cecily Kaluza pitched a five-inning shutout as the St. Patrick-St. Vincent High softball team rolled over visiting Livermore Valley Charter Prep, 11-0, in Tuesday’s first round of the North Coast Section Division IV playoffs. It was the fifth victory in the past six games for […]

Benicia High’s baseball team beat No. 2 seed Del Campo on Monday, 6-2, at American River College to sweep a best-of-3 playoff series and vault the No. 3 seeded Panthers to the Sac-Joaquin Section Division II championship game on Memorial Day at Sacramento City College. It’s the seventh championship game appearance in the past nine […]

Pitcher McKenna Gregory won a pair of complete games on Monday to keep Benicia High’s softball team in the winner’s bracket at the Sac-Joaquin Section Division III playoffs in Stockton. Gregory allowed only four hits, didn’t walk a batter and struck out five as No. 5 seed Benicia started the day with a 3-1 victory […]