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The Last Benicia Panther Baseball Team to Win It All
The 2004-2005 Benicia High School baseball team played their last game together on May 30, 2005.
Drew Fisher was a junior at Benicia High School in May 2005. At six feet tall and 150 pounds, he was a gangly third baseman on the last Panther baseball team to win the Sac-Joaquin Division III title six years ago today. That day the Panthers beat Woodland 4 -1. Fisher wasn't a starter but he was there.
"It was an exciting time," said Fisher, who is now an assistant coach for the team. "I was younger — a junior. I remember riding up on the bus, watching American Pie. We always watched comedies on the bus."
Asked whether he got to play in the championship game, he smiled and shook his head. "It was a senior-dominated performance."
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One of the seniors from that team is still playing baseball. Craig Benningson played at Cal after his high school career and on June 8, 2008, he signed a contract with the Colorado Rockies organization.
Here is the roster from the 2004-2005 Benicia High School baseball team. Click here to see recaps from all their games.
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Name No. Position Year Ht. Craig Benningson 1 P Senior 6-2 Gideon Harris 2 2B Senior 5-9 Justin Wall 3 OF Junior 5-8 Zac Van Blake 6 SS Senior 5-9 Rob Anton 7 3B Junior 5-9 Bret Greenwald 8 1B Junior 6-3 Daryl King 9 CF Junior 6-2 Chris Downs 10 P, LF Junior 5-8 Drew Fisher 11 3B Junior 6-0 R.J. Desimone 14 C, 3B Senior 6-1 Taylor Hutchins 20 SS, LF Senior 5-10 Sean Ryan 21 P, OF Senior 5-10 C.J. Samuelsz 22 C, OF Junior 6-0 Stephen Hughes 23 OF Junior 5-10 David Small 24 P Sophomore 6-4 Eric Moran 25 C Senior 5-10 Jason Pickett 26 SS, OF Senior 6-0 John Tyree 29 3B, 1B Senior 5-11 Jay Mohammed 30 P Senior 5-11 Rob thurber 33 OF Senior 5-11 Herbie Gough 40 3B Junior 5-7 James Wallace 42 P Senior 6-1 Brett Baker 58 P, LF Junior 6-0 Michael McDaniel 77 P Senior 6-0
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