High School Sports

As far as storylines and powerhouse matchups go, it doesn’t get better than this. Hollister and St. Francis, one final time, for the CIF NorCal Regional Division I playoff championship. They’ll meet at Ray Barragan Stadium on Saturday at 4pm, with the winner gaining the...

Even the best teams don’t play their “A” game every time they step onto the field. But more often than not, they still find a way to win.  So it was for the Hollister High softball team, who admittedly wasn’t at its sharpest in a...

In the end, the Hollister High baseball team was undone by a combination of top-tier competition, injuries and off the field adversity.  The Haybalers saw their season end in a 5-4 loss to Franklin of Elk Grove in a CIF NorCal Regional Division I quarterfinal...

Public school versus private school. Third seed against first seed. A 10-2 defeat at their last meeting.  By almost every indicator, the Hollister High softball team (27-3) was the underdog going into its Central Coast Section Open Division championship game against St. Francis (26-3) May...

To win the program’s first Central Coast Section championship, the Hollister High baseball team will have to go through the team that can lay claim as the section’s best for the better part of a decade: Valley Christian.  The Haybalers wouldn’t have it any other...

By design, the Hollister High softball team has a clipping of last year’s season-ending, 14-1 mercy-rule loss to Mitty in its home stadium storage container.  So, every time they open it up, they’re reminded of that result. Now, the Haybalers can replace that clipping with...

In the Pacific Coast Athletic League Gabilan Division Finals April 28, Hollister High sophomore Golda Demby couldn’t record a mark in the discus after fouling on her throws.  That means she wouldn’t be advancing in the event to the following week’s PCAL Masters Meet/Central Coast...

The Hollister High track and field program had another strong showing in the Central Coast Section Semifinals on May 13 at Gilroy High.  The Haybalers qualified seven individuals and three relay teams to the Finals on May 20, also to be held at Gilroy. The...

Despite closing the season with four consecutive losses—including a season-ending three-set defeat to Evergreen Valley in a Central Coast Section Division I playoff opener on May 8—Hollister High boys volleyball coach Adrian Masoni said he couldn’t be more pleased in what the team accomplished.  The...

It was a clean sweep for the host Hollister High track and field program in the Pacific Coast Athletic League Gabilan Division Finals on April 28.  The girls put together a dominating performance, totaling 206 points. The boys won with 141 points, but things didn’t...