Benicia High soccer coach Javier Martinez wasn’t a happy man after his Lady Panthers put on a lackluster performance Monday night in a 3-0 loss at Rodriguez. The Lady Panthers had a few good scoring opportunities in the first half but went into the break down 2-0. Rodriguez (3-2-1) added a third goal in the […]

Benicia High’s boys golf team was never in contention to win the 18-hole De La Salle Invitational on Monday, but the Panthers came home from Concord feeling OK about their day. The Panthers shot a 441 as a team, nowhere near the tournament leaders in a field of 27 teams, but better than the 459 […]

The Benicia Wildcats won the Super Bowl of the Next Level Flag Football League with a 33-27 double-overtime victory over the Longhorns last Sunday at De La Salle High School in Concord. The Wildcats, made up of Benicia first and second graders, avenged their only regular-season loss when quarterback Carlos Largaespada Jr. passed to Jax […]

Benicia High senior Christian Ramos took firth place in the 106-pound division of the CIF Boys State Wrestling Championships in Bakersfield over the weekend, becoming the first male wrestler in Benicia history to place at the State level. Ramos, making his third straight State appearance, opened the tournament Friday with a 7-0 victory over Sidney […]

Juan Carlos Lopez singled home Nick Akey with the winning run in the bottom of the ninth as the Vintage Crushers beat Benicia High’s varsity baseball team on Friday, 3-2. It was the second straight extra-inning loss for the Panthers (2-3), who have dropped three straight overall. “These losses have been character builders and hard […]

Benicia High’s varsity softball team enjoyed the sweet taste of a Sac-Joaquin Section championship last year and would like to take another bite this season. Six of the nine starters from last year’s SJS title team return to defend the crown. With three quality pitchers and a potent lineup, there’s no reason to think the […]

Benicia High’s boys tennis team enjoyed its third straight blowout victory to open the season, dusting off host American Canyon last Thursday, 8-1. Emerson Albro had the most exciting win of the day for the Panthers (3-0), coming back to win his No. 5 singles match, 3-6, 7-6 (7-5), 10-4. Alexander Valencia also pulled out […]

Benicia High’s varsity swimmers split their 2015 season opener at Vintage last Wednesday, with the Panther boys winning 107-57 and the Lady Panthers losing 128-34. The Panther boys qualified for Sections in the 200 medley relay and 200 free relay. Seniors Nick Barlow, Cris Gomez, Evan Sousa and Timothy Man won the 50 freestyle, 100 […]

Visiting Deer Valley scored three unearned runs in the top of the eighth inning and beat Benicia High’s varsity baseball team, 4-1, in a non-league game Wednesday It was the second loss in two days for the Panthers (2-2), who have scored only three runs over the past 15 innings. Benicia also made four errors […]

Playing at the Bruins Lair in front of a raucous home crowd wasn’t enough for the St. Patrick-St. Vincent High boys basketball team in Wednesday night’s North Coast Section Division IV semifinals. The No. 2 seeded Bruins, who had lost only twice at home coming in, couldn’t stop No. 6 seed Marin Catholic down the […]