Sophomore Tavian Henderson scored a game-high 29 points and fellow sophomore B.J. Standley added another 19 points Saturday as the St. Patrick-St. Vincent High boys basketball team rolled over visiting McKinleyville, 79-53, in the North Coast Section Division IV quarterfinals. The No. 2 seeded Bruins (22-8) not only earned another home game against No. 6 […]

Starting pitcher Evan Phillips didn’t allow an earned run in 5 2/3 innings last Saturday as Benicia High’s varsity baseball team beat host Napa, 5-2. It was Benicia’s second victory over Napa in two days. Benicia’s two starting pitchers combined for no earned runs in 10 2/3 innings during the series. Phillips retired the first […]

Benicia High’s girls varsity soccer team made its 2015 debut at the Woodland Tournament last weekend and went 2-2 overall. The Lady Panthers opened the tournament Friday with a 2-1 loss to Placer. Sara Hingley scored Benicia’s only goal in the second half. Benicia was supposed to play Modesto later in the evening, but Modesto […]

“Panther Baseball” is defined as great pitching, great defense and timely hitting. The Panthers lived up to their motto in Friday’s season opener against visiting Napa. Taylor Greene and Niko Leon Guerrero combined on a three-hit shutout, the defense committed only one harmless error and six different Panthers drove in a run as Benicia High’s […]

Benicia High’s boys tennis team opened the 2015 season with a 9-0 victory over visiting Fairfield on Friday. Nate Tabtab (No. 1) and Anders Knutstad (No. 3) were each 6-0, 6-0 singles winners. Rajon Bhatia won 6-1, 6-0 in No. 2 singles while Aidan McAninch won 6-0, 6-1 in No. 5 singles. Other singles winners […]

Benicia High’s badminton team rolled in its season opener on Friday, sweeping host Napa, 15-0. Anataya Phadungsang, Jeanette Burdick, Simone Burdick, Danielle Lozada, Gabby Traver, Maddy Schmelling, Anise Ghandchi and Elisabeth Miller-Binkley each won singles and doubles matches for Benicia (1-0). Regina Salvador, Jordan Whiting, Keialani Rom, Alvina Phouasalit, Megan Cillo and Kati Steineman each […]

Taya de Alba pitched a two-hitter and Olivia Soley delivered a key hit as the St. Patrick-St. Vincent High varsity softball team opened its season with a 4-1 victory over host Berean Christian last Thursday in Walnut Creek. The game was scoreless until the top of the sixth inning when the Lady Bruins (1-0) put […]

The St. Patrick-St. Vincent High boys varsity volleyball team served up a whole lotta misery for visiting Pinole Valley last Thursday. The Bruins registered 30 aces against a young Pinole Valley squad and cruised to a 25-9, 25-14, 25-12 victory at the Bruins Lair. SPSV (2-0) welcomed the easy victory after struggling to a five-set […]

Sophomore Tavian Henderson poured in 36 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as the St. Patrick-St. Vincent High boys basketball team beat host Gateway, 86-62, in Wednesday’s opening round of the North Coast Section Division IV playoffs. The Bruins (21-8), seeded No. 2 in the tournament, didn’t like traveling to San Francisco on a school night […]

This year’s Benicia High varsity baseball team looks almost nothing like the squad that won the Sac-Joaquin Section Division III championship last year. Only one regular starter returns from a team that went 27-5 overall en route to their first Section title since 2011. A total of 15 players moved on, including 11 of the […]