High School Sports

The Hollister High football team’s traditional dyed-blonde Central Coast Section locks were flowing in the winds of victory Nov. 11 when it took home a statement 37-7 victory over Burlingame High in the first round of the Division III playoffs.  The No. 5 seed Haybalers...

At Anzar High School, beneath the shade of a sparkly orange mortarboard with a drawing of Frida Kahlo, San Juan Bautista resident Adeline Martinez prepared to graduate.

San Benito High will be bringing a baker’s dozen of its track and field athletes to Saturday’s Central Coast Section Finals at Soquel High in Aptos. This after another sterling performance from the Haybalers contingent in the CCS Trials on June 12.  On the boys...

When Ricardo Nunez was cut from the soccer team in his freshman year, it came as a shock. After all, the San Benito High senior grew up playing the sport, and he had goals to make an impact at the high school level. Turns...

Whether he’s competing in football or track and field, Isaac Regalado does so many things well in both sports it’s hard to overrate him for the sheer value he adds to a team. With the 2017 track and field season at its midpoint, Regalado...

Since Rachel Smithee graduated from San Benito High in 2015, the girls water polo team has endured one of its toughest stretches in program history. The Haybalers couldn't even field a team for the 2016 and 2017 seasons because of a lack of numbers,...

Before Joe Fata was born, his mom Ann told her sister, “This kid is not going to be an athlete, he’ll be an artist.” Well, Fata’s mom only turned out to be partially correct. Yes, Joe turned out to have quite an artistic side, as...

Depending on one’s point of view, those around the San Benito High football team perhaps breathed a sigh of relief or were disappointed when the Central Coast Section playoff brackets came out on Nov. 7.  The Haybalers (8-1) were either going to be the No....

Faby Felix beamed with pride as she watched the athletes on the Anzar High track and field team compete in the season-opening North Salinas Time Trials on March 4. Felix, who is also the school’s cross-country coach, was downright ecstatic as she talked about standout Angel Garcia.

As the only two seniors on the Anzar High boys basketball team, Jarret DeAmaral and Josiah Martinez knew they would have to lead a young squad by example.