Benicia’s 10/11 all-stars won their first two games in the District 53 Tournament at Community Park before suffering a heart-breaking 7-6 loss to Napa National on Tuesday. Benicia (2-1) opened the tournament with an easy 12-2 victory in four innings against Fairfield Atlantic last Friday. Pitcher Ben Saitz struck out seven batters in 3 1/3 […]

Sean Mcquilken pitched a five-inning no-hitter as Benicia’s Junior League all-stars cruised past American Canyon, 11-0, in the first game of a best-of-3 District 53 series at Fitzgerald Field on Monday. Mcquilken needed only 79 pitches to dispatch American Canyon and Benicia played solid defense all night. Benicia’s offense was just as good, collecting nine […]

Benicia’s Senior League all-star team went 1-2 and was eliminated from the Section 1 Tournament in Santa Rosa, with both losses coming against champion North Oakland/South Oakland. Benicia opened the tournament with a 12-4 loss to North Oakland/South Oakland last Saturday despite a home run from Zac Taugher, but the team rebounded with a 6-2 […]

The Benicia Stingrays swim team suffered a rare defeat last week after a 332-276 loss to the host Pinole Seals in a non-league meet. Benicia’s girls pulled off a 166-147 victory but the boys fell to the Seals, 185-110. Forty percent of Benicia’s swimmers achieved personal-best times and only five percent had a disqualification. Alexa […]

Benicia Little League’s 9/10 all-star team put on quite a show in St. Helena on Wednesday in their District 53 Tournament debut. All nine Benicia starters scored en route to a resounding 16-1 victory over Suisun One’s all-star team. Benicia won in walk-off fashion in the bottom of the fourth inning due to the 15-run […]

Benicia’s 13/14 Junior League all-stars begin their postseason run Monday night when they host American Canyon at Fitzgerald Field in the first game of a best-of-3 District 53 Tournament. Benicia will have had only a week of full practice as several players were unavailable due to vacations and other commitments. Five prospective players opted to […]

The Benicia Outlaws 14-under traveling softball team won the ASA NorCal “C” Championship last weekend after going 5-1 overall. The Outlaws, playing in only their fourth tournament of the season, won the 14-team double-elimination tournament behind solid pitching and timely hitting and earned a trip to the ASA Nationals in San Diego later this year. […]

Benicia soccer player Faith Baumgartner was selected to represent the Northern California Olympic Development Program at this weekend’s Region IV girls ODP Regional Camp on the Linfield College campus in McMinnville, Ore. It’s the second time in three years Baumgartner has been invited to play at the Olympic development level. Baumgartner was invited and attended […]

Benicia Little League’s 10/11-year-old all-star team gets a home field advantage when it hosts the District 53 Tournament at Community Park. Benicia’s 10/11s begin play Friday against Fairfield Atlantic, and team manager Robbie Saitz likes the prospects of playing at the familiar confines of Community Park. “It’s a big advantage because we don’t have to […]

Benicia’s Senior League all-stars earned an automatic bye through the District 53 championship and open the Section 1 Tournament on Thursday against North Oakland-South Oakland at the Rincon Valley Little League site in Santa Rosa. Benicia is one of only three teams in the tournament, joining host Rincon Valley and District 4 champion North Oakland-South […]