Benicia High had 12 different wrestlers win individual titles at Friday’s Solano County Athletic Conference Championships in Benicia. The dozen SCAC titles – out of 14 total weight classes – was the most in Benicia High history, topping the nine championships the Panthers won last year. Benicia easily won the team championship for a third […]
Panthers suffer costly defeat
Slim playoff hopes for Benicia High’s boys varsity basketball team got a lot slimmer Friday night after a tough 70-65 loss to visiting Vallejo on Friday. The defeat dropped Benicia to 10-16 overall and 3-6 in the Solano County Athletic Conference, a game behind Bethel for the third and final Sac-Joaquin Section playoff spot awarded […]
Lady Panthers come up short in loss to Vallejo
Benicia High’s girls varsity basketball team missed a chance to wrap up third place in the Solano County Athletic Conference after a tough 49-46 loss to host Vallejo last Thursday. Vallejo and Benicia are now tied for the third and final Sac-Joaquin Section playoff spot awarded to the SCAC, each team at 4-5 with one […]
Panthers top Bethel in double OT
Benicia High’s boys varsity basketball team kept its postseason hopes alive with a 68-63 double-overtime victory over host Bethel on Tuesday. The win gave Benicia a split with the Jaguars in the season series and upped the Panthers to 10-15 overall and 3-5 in the Solano County Athletic Conference. The top three teams in the […]
Lady Panthers can’t find their offense in Senior Night defeat
Poor shooting and too many turnovers ruined Senior Night for Benicia High’s girls varsity basketball team in a 42-27 loss to visiting Bethel on Tuesday. The Lady Panthers never did get going offensively, making only 2-of-14 shots from 3-point range and turning the ball over on potential fast breaks. Bethel (17-7) used its height advantage […]
Bruins cold heading into playoffs
This isn’t how head coach Derek Walker wanted his St. Patrick-St. Vincent High boys basketball team to be performing entering the postseason. The Bruins, who won 19 of their first 23 games this season, have suddenly gone ice cold, losing three straight games entering the Tri-County Athletic League playoffs. SPSV’s cold streak began with a […]
BHS wrestlers repeat as Section champs
Benicia High’s wrestling team rallied back from a 22-point deficit last Saturday and beat Ponderosa, 34-31, to capture their second straight Sac-Joaquin Section Division II dual championship at Lincoln High School in Stockton. The Panthers, undefeated in team dual meets this year, got off to a rough start as Ponderosa won the day’s first four […]
MRI on injured knee brings bad news for Li
Benicia High star athlete Michelle Li had an MRI done on her injured right knee Sunday and the result wasn’t good. According to her doctor, Li suffered a near or complete tear of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and may need surgery, which would end her high school athletic career. The senior also suffered a […]
Local flag football team enjoying success
A group of Benicia first and second graders are learning the game of football by playing for the Benicia Wildcats in the Next Level Flag Football League. The flag football games, featuring 5-on-5 competition on a 40-yard field against other teams from the Bay Area, are played Sundays at De La Salle High School. The […]
Li to play soccer for Dominican University
Benicia High senior Michelle Li hobbled on crutches into the school’s main office Thursday afternoon ready to sign a letter of intent to play soccer for Dominican University of California after graduation. It was a surreal moment for Li, a three-sport star for the Lady Panthers. Only two days earlier, Li suffered a serious knee […]