Hollister High girls volleyball team looks to use adversity to its advantage
After a rough start to the season, the Hollister High girls volleyball team hopes the adversity it went through will serve it well going forward.
Coach Lisa Becerra said a combination of illnesses and injuries in the opening weeks meant she had to juggle personnel...
Balers have it tough in Gabilan Division
As long as the San Benito High boys soccer team is in the Pacific Coast League's Gabilan Division—arguably the toughest in the Central Coast Section for boys soccer—the Haybalers will have their work cut out for them. Greg Dolan knows this, and that is...
New sports complex ready for the Balers
Community groups and organizations are invited to be a part of the grand opening of the San Benito High School stadium, aquatics center and softball field. The high school will celebrate 13 months of work and the completion of the the athletic facilities on...
Hollister High girls soccer blends youth, experience
In Becky Bonner’s decade-long tenure as the Hollister High girls soccer coach, she’s never carried more than three freshmen on the team in a given year.
Until now. The Haybalers have eight freshmen and seven seniors to go along with sophomores and juniors filling out...
Balers’ defense shines in 38-0 win over Alisal
Through the first four games of the season, San Benito High’s defense has stood tall. The Haybalers pitched their second shutout with a 38-0 win over visiting Alisal on Friday night.
“The defense is playing stellar,” Balers coach Bryan Smith said. “They’ve allowed three points...
Despite inexperience, San Benito boys volleyball team produces stellar season
It was a season to remember for the San Benito High boys volleyball team. Not only did the Haybalers win a Central Coast Section playoff match for the first time since 2013, they won an in-season tournament, the silver division in the Harbor Surf...
With firm foundation, San Benito boys basketball team looks to the future
Despite a 50-36 loss in the opening round of the Central Coast Section Division I playoffs on Feb. 18, San Benito High boys basketball coach Bo Buller wasn’t too downtrodden afterward.
After all, the Haybalers had their best season in eight years and the future...
In ultra-tough Gabilan Division, Hollister boys soccer aim to thrive
When Marco Orozco decided to return for a second stint as the head coach of the Hollister High boys soccer team two years ago, his goal was to keep the Haybalers in the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s upper Gabilan Division.
A lot of that will...
Done with Thursdays, Hollister High football team prepares for traditional Friday Night Lights
Perhaps no team is happier to be done with Thursday night football games than Hollister High.
After opening the season with a win over Oak Grove, the Haybalers lost for the second week in a row on a Thursday, this time on Sept. 8 to...
Balers lose shootout to Menlo School in CCS D2 playoff semifinals
When the San Benito High football team found out it was the top seed in the Central Coast Section Division II playoffs, it knew it would have a prime opportunity to win the program’s first section title since the 2014 season.
It wasn’t meant to...


















