High School Sports

Hollister volleyball closed 2025 strongly and produced its best season in four years. Down the stretch, the Balers went 7-2 in league play to surge into a third place finish in the Pacific Coast Athletic League, Gabilan Division. And there was more to come. The...

Hollister HS Football (2-6 overall, 2-4 PCAL Gabilan)Recent results: Won 27-14 at Monterey; lost 41-7 at Soquel Upcoming games: 7:30pm Oct. 30 vs. Aptos NOTES: Powerhouse Soquel routed the Balers behind the passing of their star quarterback Sam Whalen.  For the Balers, Cole Seymour rushed 15 times...

For Hollister football fans, it sure was worth the 40-mile trip to the coast last Friday. On a chilly night at Monterey High’s renovated home field, the Baler football team stunned the Toreadores with an incredible and dramatic finish for a 27-14 victory. With just...

The Hollister volleyball team is back in gear. After a rebuilding season with a young team that missed the playoffs, the Balers are back in the thick of the turbulent waters of the competitive Pacific Coast Athletic League, Gabilan Division. Led by six-rotation outside hitter...

Two games into the league season and the Balers have seen almost everything.  Hollister opened Gabilan Division play at Alisal and rolled on offense with a spectacular passing attack. Yet they trailed in the final minute. With the game on the line and the pressure...

Hollister HS Football (1-2 overall, 1-0 PCAL Gabilan) Recent results: Won 44-40 at Alisal Upcoming games: 7:30pm Sept. 26 vs. North Salinas NOTES: Quarterback Cruz Raquet accounted for five touchdowns and led the Balers to the winning come-from-behind score with just two seconds remaining in the game. Hollister...

Two games into the 2025 football season and the Balers are 0-2. However, there have been many good signs and a lot of progress with new coaches and new schemes and the Balers are encouraged about the “new season,” i.e., league play, beginning Friday...

Hollister HS Football (0-1 overall)Recent results: Lost 42-28 vs. Branham Upcoming games: 7pm Sept. 12 at Wilcox NOTES: The Balers come off a bye week and head to Santa Clara to face the Chargers. Wilcox, trying to overcome graduations, has begun the year with a 41-10...

Hollister HS Football (0-1 overall)Recent results: Lost 42-28 vs. Branham Upcoming games: 7pm Sept. 12 at Wilcox NOTES: The Balers led 21-14 early in the fourth quarter but turnovers caused their downfall. Braiden Hernandez led Hollister with 21 rushes for 117 yards and two touchdowns.  Middle linebacker...

Hollister pitcher Trent Roach had a season for the ages in 2025. He was untouchable, with a 0.00 ERA in 78 innings, no earned runs allowed and only one unearned run yielded. Roach, who also hit .525 for the season and was named to...