High School Sports

In today’s episode, Juan Reyes and John Devine will recap Week 1 of the prep football season. Then they'll chitchat with Monterey High football coach Alex Besaw to talk about the upcoming Battle of the Bay. And finally, the guys will end the show with a...

Hollister football’s star linebacker Tripp Felice was a dominant force and leader for the Balers. He closed his four-year career as a First-Team All-Leaguer whose 102 tackles were the most in the ultra-competitive Pacific Coast Athletic League, Gabilan Division.  Highlights were many, from scoring a...

Many Hollister High student-athletes graduate and compete in sports in college. But few have made major contributions as fast as Baler alum Golda Demby, who just completed her freshman year at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo.  In just one season in college, Demby, a four-time...

Nobody picked the Hollister softball team to win the Gabilan Division this year. Perhaps third place or fourth. But they finished first. Nobody tabbed them to be in the Central Coast Section Open Division playoffs. Perhaps a lower division. But the Balers were in...

The Hollister softball team is back in the elite of the Central Coast Section and headed into the NorCal playoffs.  After a 20-6 regular season and a Gabilan title, the Balers won their opener in the CCS Open Division playoffs by beating Valley Christian 2-1....

Hollister’s softball and baseball teams both won exciting, tight games in Central Coast Section playoff openers.  Concurrently, the league champ Baler track and field team saw five athletes and one four-person relay team compete in the CCS Finals in Gilroy. The Balers track team won the...

Hollister High captured both boys and girls competitions in the Pacific Coast Athletic League, Gabilan Division championships. The team titles, both over second-place Palma, came with strength in sprints, distances, relays and field events. The star for the Balers in the May 1 meet was...

New coaches. Nearly entirely a new roster. It was reboot time for Hollister boys volleyball this spring.  Additionally, Hollister was not particularly tall, in a sport that values height. But the Balers bonded, tightened the defense and finished the season strongly. The early season was...

The sports program at Hollister with the biggest improvement since last year is probably Brett Davis’s lacrosse unit. After two years of major struggles, these Balers are really rolling. Hollister is 8-6 overall, 4-5 in league play and right in the middle of the standings....

A red-hot offense, superb pitching and solid defense have propelled Hollister softball back to the mountaintop. After two league titles in a row, graduations hit Hollister softball last year and they slipped back to third place in the Gabilan.  The Pacific Coast Athletic League’s Gabilan...