Tag: sports
Basketball: Miskin leads AAU team to championship
Trailing by three points with less than 10 second left in regulation San Benito High’s Hyram Miskin had control of the ball. Playing for the Seaside’s Finest under-16 Amateur Athletic Union basketball team in the AAU West Coast National Championship game Sunday in Las Vegas, the game fell on Miskin’s shoulders.
YMCA to expand middle school sports
Two years after the Hollister School District removed athletics from its schools and the YMCA swooped in to offer middle school basketball, the Y is looking to expand its student-athlete programs.
Baseball: Hollister-filled San Jose Colt team to play for World Series...
Looking for another way to play baseball beyond San Benito Babe Ruth, Robert Fabing decided to gather a group of 14 players spanning the varsity, junior varsity and freshman levels at San Benito and take them to San Jose for the first time this year.
Olympics: London prepares to save surprise, welcome the world
LONDON - These 2012 Olympics have been dubbed The Twitter Games, the first in history to feel a major impact from social media as athletes share everything from their patriotic feelings to their lunch choices with legions of followers. Already, a racist 140-character joke by Greece's star triple jumper Voula Papachristou got her expelled from the Olympics on Wednesday, making her the first athlete in history to lose her spot for a social media posting.
MLB: Giants to host 2013 World Baseball Classic finals
San Francisco’s AT&T Park will host the semis and finals of the 2013 World Baseball Classic, Major League Baseball announced Wednesday.
Racing: Allmendinger suspended indefinitely
Sprint Cup Series driver A.J. Allmendinger, a former Hollister resident, has been indefinitely suspended from NASCAR competition after the testing of his B sample confirmed the results of a failed random drug test from earlier this month.
NFL: Raiders send Murphy to Panthers
The Oakland Raiders traded wide receiver Louis Murphy to the Carolina Panthers on Monday, freeing up salary-cap room and a roster spot for one of a handful of promising youngsters.
Gymnastics: Olympics leave impact on local gyms
For Hollister’s USA Sports gymnastics coach Donna Evans, the Olympics are more than just a celebration every four years of country pride. In the gymnastics’ world, the Olympics are their version of the Super Bowl.
Baseball: 11-12 All-Stars fall in Section 5 title game
For the second year in a row, the 11-12 Hollister All-Star season ended in the Section 5 championship game, this time losing to Quito 10-6 Wednesday in Los Gatos.
Bruce Lewis: Soft hands are the key to a good golf...
The Police and Fire golf Olympics were held from June 16 through June 24 in three San Diego-area courses. Syucan Golf and Country Club in Chula Vista, Riverwalk Golf and Country Club in El Cajon and Friars Golf Club in San Diego all hosted different tournaments.
