High School Sports

After playing football, basketball and baseball during his freshman year at Palma High, Tanner Carrillo-Zazueta thought as long as he kept up with his grades, he was well on his way to the W.H. “Hank” Muller Outstanding Scholar Athlete Award, an award given to athletes who played sports and recieved good grades through four years of high school. 

After the Covid years and a bit of a dry spell, the Hollister Haybalers softball program is back with the elite of the Central Coast Section, Northern California and the entire state of California.  The last two years have positioned coach Andrew Barragan’s program at...

Lauren Okamoto decided to run on San Benito High’s cross country team this season to keep her in shape for soccer. Little did the freshman know how the sport would change her life. “I didn’t expect to fall in love with cross country as much...

Rivalries usually consist of teams trading wins game in and game out. But in boys soccer, the Gilroy and San Benito rivalry has been mostly one sided - tilting toward the Mustangs.

After compiling a league-high in wins with a 5-1 record, and

Alex Soto could only watch helplessly from his home as paramedics attempted to revive his nephew, Andres Real, on April 15. Real, a 4 year old who had been in and out of the hospital since he was born, died on the scene. In...

Apparently the Alvarez High girls basketball team didn’t have a scouting report on San Benito High sharpshooter Jessica Bueno. Because if the Eagles did, they would’ve stuck two players on the 5-foot guard. Instead, Alvarez kept on giving Bueno room to shoot, and the Eagles paid for it dearly.

This and other local features will appear in the special "Pride & Promise" section with Tuesday's edition of the Hollister Free Lance.