Good news poured over the St. Patrick-St. Vincent High boys varsity soccer team on Monday. The Bruins first learned that rival Pinole Valley, which started the day in first place in the Tri-County Athletic League, was forced to forfeit several games – including a pair to SPSV. Suddenly the Bruins were bumped up to the […]
Core ready for her sophomore college softball season
Benicia High graduate Kendall Core is ready for her sophomore season as a starting third baseman for Alabama State University. Core started in 41-of-42 games for the Lady Hornets her freshman year and hit .364 with 10 doubles, six home runs, 32 RBI and 18 runs scored. She was the Southwestern Athletic Conference Player of […]
Panthers spoil SPSV’s Senior Night
A 24-14 run in the third quarter helped the Benicia High boys varsity basketball team stun host St. Patrick-St. Vincent on Saturday, 58-53, spoiling Senior Night for the Bruins. It was the third straight victory for the Panthers (9-13), their longest winning streak of the season. All three wins came on the road. “It’s finally […]
Hatcher leads Lady Panthers past Lady Bruins
Kameron Hatcher scored a career-high 32 points to lead Benicia High’s girls varsity basketball team past host St. Patrick-St. Vincent on Saturday, 62-46. Hatcher hurt the Lady Bruins inside, outside and everywhere in between. If the sophomore wasn’t driving the basket and drawing fouls or making layups, she was knocking down shot from the perimeter. […]
SPSV wrestlers fare well at tournaments
The St. Patrick-St. Vincent High boys wrestling team had two grapplers win medals at last Saturday’s Lou Encalada Invitational at Rodriguez High School. Triston Foley went 3-1 and grabbed third place at 184 pounds for the Bruins. Teammate Marlon Cereca (122) went 4-1 and finished fifth. Foley is 25-6 overall this season while Cereca improved […]
St. Dominic’s boys edge Holy Spirit to complete fourth straight perfect season
Down by two points to Holy Spirit in the waning seconds last Friday night, it looked like the dream of a fourth-consecutive undefeated season was all but finished for the group making up the St. Dominic’s eighth-grade boys basketball team. But the Knicks were only setting up a dramatic finish. Patrick Dold did a crossover […]
Bruins use late surge to put away St. Joe’s
The St. Patrick-St. Vincent High boys varsity basketball team ended Friday night’s home game with a 12-0 run and stunned visiting St. Joe’s, 51-39. Both teams battled back and forth all night and were tied 39-39 with just over three minutes remaining. Jack Gamba and Tavian Henderson each drove to the basket for scores to […]
Lady Panthers cruise at home
Benicia High’s girls varsity basketball team ended the first half with a 28-2 run and coasted to a 47-26 victory over visiting American Canyon on Friday. The Lady Panthers got off to a horrible start and didn’t get on the scoreboard until the 4:05 mark of the first quarter when Michelle Li scored on a […]
Koenen’s 3-pointer lifts Panthers over Wolves
A buzzer-beating 3-pointer by Peter Koenen lifted Benicia High’s boys varsity basketball team to a dramatic 66-64 victory over host American Canyon last Thursday night. The Panthers called a timeout just past half court trailing by a point with 1.5 seconds remaining. The ensuing inbound pass to Brandon Barrett under the basket was knocked out […]
Ruble, Thompson help SPSV girls soccer get first TCAL Rock victory
Kristina Ruble and Emily Thompson each scored goals as the St. Patrick-St. Vincent High girls soccer team topped host St. Joe’s last Thursday, 2-1. It was the first Tri-County Athletic League Rock Division victory ever for the Lady Bruins (2-8, 1-7 TCAL), who snapped a seven-game losing streak. “I’m happy for the girls,” said SPSV […]