The Benicia Outlaws 8-under softball team opened their 2015 summer season by winning a tournament championship in San Jose last weekend. The Outlaws opened the tournament with a 2-0 victory over the Redwood City Wicked. Alexandria Yra and Emma French combined to pitch a perfect game with nine strikeouts. A RBI single by Olivia Kundysek […]
Lady Bruins reach NCS semifinals
A rusty St. Patrick-St. Vincent High softball team shook off the dust and dusted off visiting Cardinal Newman, 6-2, in Friday’s quarterfinals of the North Coast Section Division IV playoffs. The Lady Bruins (22-5) hadn’t played in 15 days – a bitter loss to Pinole Valley in the Tri-County Athletic League championship game that left […]
Bruins bash Pride, advance to NCS D-IV semifinals
The red-hot St. Patrick-St. Vincent High baseball team advanced to the North Coast Section Division IV semifinals with a convincing 11-2 victory over host Salesian on Friday in Richmond. The No. 6 seeded Bruins (11-10), who finished last in the Tri-County Athletic League’s Rock Division during the regular season, dominated No. 3 seed Salesian, champions […]
Bruins hang on for NCS playoff win
After finishing in last place in the Tri-County Athletic League’s Rock Division during the regular season, the St. Patrick-St. Vincent High baseball team got a chance to reboot its year on Tuesday and booted visiting Berean Christian out of the North Coast Section Division IV playoffs. Triston Foley pitched five strong innings and the No. […]
McNorton reaches Masters for BHS track & field
Benicia High’s track and field team had one athlete qualify for Masters during last week’s Sac-Joaquin Section Division II-III Championships at Bella Vista High School in Fair Oaks. Imani Dickerson barely advanced in the boys discus with a throw of 124 feet, 2.5 inches. The junior finished seventh in the SJS Championships and was the […]
Oldtimers split doubleheader with Watsonville and Vallejo
The Benicia Oldtimers split a doubleheader on May 15 at Fitzgerald Field, losing 10-6 to Watsonville but beating Vallejo later in the day, 8-5. Watsonville struck for two runs in the top of the first on back-to-back doubles and a RBI single. Benicia scratched a out run in the bottom half of the inning to […]
Alternate road to college ball for SPSV’s Stewart
St. Patrick-St. Vincent High senior Ryan Stewart took an alternate road to the college basketball level. Stewart, a 6-foot-9 forward/center who earlier this month signed a letter of intent to play for Whitman College, played his freshmen through junior seasons with SPSV before playing his senior season with Prolific Prep Academy – an elite after-school […]
Sweet repeat for BHS softball team
Wasting no time, Benicia High’s softball team jumped on Elk Grove early and often Wednesday and went on to beat the Thundering Herd, 8-2, to win the Sac-Joaquin Section Division II championship at the Sacramento Softball Complex. The Lady Panthers became the first Benicia High team in any sport to win back-to-back SJS championships and […]
Moreau Catholic ends SPSV’s volleyball season
The St. Patrick-St. Vincent High boys volleyball team had its 2015 season come to an end Wednesday night after a 25-14, 25-18, 25-18 loss to top-seeded Moreau Catholic in the North Coast Section Division III semifinals in Hayward. The Bruins had several players either feeling ill or getting over an illness and were no match […]
Panthers swim to best SJS showing in nearly a decade
The Benicia High School swim team raced to its best finish in almost a decade at the 2015 Sac-Joaquin Section Swimming Championships held at Tokay High School in Lodi. The Panther varsity squad scored 76 points, the most since 2006 and good for 18th place. The Panther girls Frosh/Soph team scored 103 points, the most […]