Benicia High’s baseball and softball teams embark on quests for Sac-Joaquin Section championships Wednesday in Sacramento. The Panther baseball team (17-10) drew a No. 6 seed in the Division II Tournament after taking second place in the Solano County Athletic Conference. Benicia takes on No. 3 seed Antelope in an elimination game Wednesday at 4 […]
Nice Masters showing for BHS golfers
Benicia High’s boys golf team shot a 408 at the Sac-Joaquin Section Masters Tournament in Stockton on Monday and finished 10th out of 14 teams – the program’s best Masters finish in recent memory. The Panthers, making only their second Masters appearance since 2008, finished well behind 2015 champion Granite Bay (368) but had three […]
BHS badminton has best showing at SCAC tourney
Benicia High’s badminton team qualified two singles players and two doubles teams for the Sac-Joaquin Section playoffs after top-four finishes at the Solano County Athletic Conference Championships last Friday at American Canyon High School. Benicia’s duo of Anataya Phadungsang and Anise Ghandchi went 5-2 in the doubles tournament, losing to a Vallejo team in the […]
Oldtimers rout Vallejo in rematch of NorCal final
The Benicia Oldtimers routed visiting Vallejo last Friday night, 17-6, in a rematch of last year’s NorCal championship game. Brian Rowles and Benicia newcomer Dan Nugent each had doubles as the Oldtimers took an 8-2 lead after three innings. Benicia exploded for seven more runs in the fourth off doubles from Lou Costa and Eric […]
Benicia’s Thompson named SCAC softball MVP; Gregory Pitcher of Year
Benicia High junior Shelby Thompson was named the Solano County Athletic Conference Most Valuable Player and teammate McKenna Gregory was named Pitcher of the Year when the SCAC announced its 2015 All-League softball team. Thompson, who helped the Lady Panthers go 15-0 in the SCAC for a third straight season, hit .579 with a team-high […]
SPSV boys volleyball team sweeps Hercules for 7th straight league title
The St. Patrick-St. Vincent High boys volleyball team ran its streak of league championships to seven with a 25-13, 25-23, 25-21 victory over Hercules in Tuesday’s Tri-County Athletic League championship match at the Bruins Lair. After getting a wake-up call by St. Joe’s in Tuesday’s five-set semifinal, the Bruins achieved their destiny with precision serving, […]
SPSV baseball advances in TCAL playoffs
The St. Patrick-St. Vincent High baseball team kept its hopes of a Tri-County Athletic League Tournament championship alive with a dramatic 5-4 victory over host Albany in nine grueling innings of Friday’s opening round. Tied 4-4 in the top of the ninth, the Bruins were poised for a breakthrough with Wesley Galloway at second and […]
Season comes to an end for Benicia boys tennis team
Benicia High’s boys tennis program had its 2015 season officially come to an end Friday after its two singles entries each lost in the opening round of the Sac-Joaquin Section Division II Individual Tournament at Johnson Ranch Racquet Club in Roseville. Nate Tabtab, who won the Solano County Athletic Conference singles championship in late April […]
BHS soccer team bounced out of playoffs by No. 1 seed
Benicia High’s girls soccer team had its season come to an end after a 4-0 loss to top-seeded East Union in the Sac-Joaquin Section Division III quarterfinals last Thursday night in Manteca. Benicia, seeded eighth in the tournament and coming off an overtime victory over No. 9 Ceres in the opening round, trailed only 1-0 […]
Panthers enter postseason in dramatic fashion
Benicia High’s varsity baseball team closed out the regular season Wednesday with its most dramatic victory of the season, scoring twice with two outs in the bottom of the seventh on Senior Day to shock visiting American Canyon, 6-5. Senior David King’s two-strike single to center scored Alex Osterholt with the tying run, and Justin […]