7th Annual Dante Benedetti Classic

NOTE: GAME TIME CHANGE TO 10:00 AM 

The 7th Annual Dante Benedetti Classic will be played on Saturday, March 31st, 2012.  Defending WCC Champions U.S.F. will take on league rival University of San Diego at 10:00AM followed at 1:30PM by Saint Ignatius and Sacred Heart in the Bruce Mahoney Game.   

U.S.F. is 5-1 in Dante Benedetti Classic games.

The Dante Benedetti Baseball Classic is about preserving the 40 year legacy that Dante Benedetti left the University of San Francisco and the San Francisco community. Simply put, helping kids through the game of baseball.

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TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE GATE: $10

Dante Benedetti Classic Photos: Courtesy of Shawn Calhoun

The Bruce-Mahoney Memorial Trophy

St. Ignatius College Preparatory and Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory are the participants in the oldest high school athletic rivalry west of the Mississippi River. The Bruce-Mahoney Memorial Trophy is symbolic of the rivalry. Established in 1947, it is awarded to the school which is victorious in league competition in two out of the three major sports each year: football, basketball, and baseball.

The Trophy is named in honor of Bill Bruce (S.I. 1935) and Jerry Mahoney (S.H. 1944), representing the graduates of St. Ignatius and of Sacred Heart who gave their lives for their country in World War II.

This ancient rivalry continues with the inclusion of the Bruce-Mahoney baseball game in The Dante Benedetti Baseball Classic.  For more information dbf@dantebenedetti.org or 925-837-7464