High School Sports

In a night full of mixed emotions, the Hollister High softball team celebrated its state title run with a set of new shiny rings to show off for years to come.  The players received their jewelry on Jan. 3 in a ceremony at the Granada...

A group of wrestlers from Hollister High competed at the 55th Pat Lovell Wrestling Tournament at Aptos High School on Dec. 27-28. Arthur Parra took second in the 126-pound weight class bracket and scored 31.5 team points to help the Haybalers place sixth with a...

Hollister High was put to a preseason test against a tall and talented Milpitas High group last week. The Haybalers trailed from the start but rocked Mattson Gym by erasing a 13-point third-quarter deficit to briefly take a one-point lead with five minutes to play.  However,...

Hollister girls basketball is on a roll and they want it to continue. The Balers had hit a bit of a dry spell since the league championship team of 2007-08, but that has changed. “The last two years, we split for the league title with...

Hollister High’s powerful defensive duo of juniors Carmelo Arias and Christian Lujano caused a lot of havoc on the football field this past season.  Arias led the Haybalers with 106 total tackles and added 1.5 sacks as the team’s main linebacker, while Lujano helped the...

Construction begins on new Hollister High School student union building

Hollister High School hosted a special event on Nov. 14, as four Haybalers softball seniors signed collegiate letters of intent.  Madeline Bermudez, Emma Gutierrez, Dominique Oliveira and Mia Phillips will all continue to play in college next year.  This special event builds on top of last...

In a game where both offenses were unstoppable, it was Hollister High’s defense that made two crucial plays that helped deliver the Balers a thrilling 29-26 win over visiting Aptos on Oct. 27.  The winning score came with just seven seconds left on Senior Night. “I’m...

Andy Hardin Stadium on the Hollister High campus was bustling with action for a special edition of Monday Night Football. No, not the one on ESPN.   Instead, it was a dose of pre-game music, Haybaler announcer Mike Sanchez, a lively crowd of 200 fans, kids lining...

At the halfway point of the league’s double round-robin, the Hollister High girls’ tennis team is in first place with an unbeaten record in Pacific Coast Athletic League play. On a sunny Tuesday afternoon, they faced a unique test when Monterey High traveled to town...