Former Benicia High star athlete Austin Carr had himself quite a week for Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. Carr, who graduated from Benicia High in 2011 and set Panthers football season records in rushing yards (1,481), combined rushing/receiving yards (2,325) and total points (196), was offered an athletic scholarship by Northwestern last week after playing […]

Benicia High sophomore golfer Sofia Young is going to Augusta National Golf Club in April after winning the Regional Finals at last weekend’s Drive, Chip and Putt Championships at Chambers Bay in University Place, Wash. – site of this year’s U.S. Open. Young, 15, who finished eighth at last year’s Regional Finals, showed the virtues […]

Down 21-3 midway through the second quarter and making every mistake imaginable, it looked for a moment like Benicia High’s varsity football team was going to get blown out by host Maria Carrillo on Friday night. Turns out it was Maria Carrillo that got blown out after the Panthers exploded in the second half. Benicia […]

Landon Elfstrom scored two goals and assisted on another as Benicia High’s boys varsity soccer team beat visiting American Canyon, 3-0, in the Solano County Athletic Conference opener for both teams Wednesday night. It was a big win for the Panthers (2-1, 1-0 SCAC), who missed the playoffs last season while American Canyon won a […]

Halle Webster had 10 kills and two blocks as the St. Patrick-St. Vincent High girls varsity volleyball team beat host Justin-Siena on Wednesday night, 25-21, 16-25, 25-20, 25-14. Isabel Villalobos added nine kills and 18 digs for the Lady Bruins (5-1), who travel to St. Helena for another non-league match on Friday. “We found our […]

Benicia High’s varsity volleyball team demonstrated it’s more than ready for the Solano County Athletic Conference season by knocking off previously undefeated Vacaville, 25-18, 23-25, 25-18, 25-19, in a non-league match at Benicia on Tuesday. The Lady Panthers (2-0), who open SCAC play Thursday at Bethel, turned back several Vacaville challenges in the final two […]

Team co-captain Isabel Villalobos had 22 kills, two aces and 10 digs as the St. Patrick-St. Vincent High girls varsity volleyball team won its home opener Tuesday night, defeating Berkeley 25-21, 25-22, 23-25, 26-24. The Lady Bruins (4-1) had a chance to win the match in three sets but had a hard time putting Berkeley […]

Benicia High’s girls tennis team improved to 2-0 in the Solano County Athletic Conference after an 8-1 victory over visiting American Canyon on Tuesday. The Lady Panthers swept all six singles matches and their only setback of the afternoon came in a third-set tiebreaker. Benicia junior Lily Hayward won her No. 1 singles match, 6-0, […]

Benicia High’s varsity volleyball team enjoyed its most successful season in school history last year, going unbeaten in the Solano County Athletic Conference and reaching the semifinals of the Sac-Joaquin Section Division III playoffs. But only one Lady Panther starter returns and Benicia must find a way to replace graduated Cassidy Jannson, Megan Osterholt and […]

Benicia High’s girls golf team has won 14 league championships in the past 16 years and hasn’t lost a Solano County Athletic Conference match since 2009. To keep that dominance intact, the Lady Panthers must rely on the conference’s best golfer and a cart-full of inexperienced youngsters in 2015. Sophomore Sofia Young, who beat out […]