Baler softball catcher Dom Oliveira signs with St. Mary’s
It takes a full team to win at softball, but some defensive positions stand out as crucial to success, and catcher is at or near the top. As Andrew Barragan’s Hollister Haybalers rose to the elite in California the last two years, they were...
Star shortstop Mia Phillips moving on to Cal
In the last two seasons, Hollister softball registered a 52-8 record, won two league championships and notched stellar playoff results, including a Central Coast Section title, a NorCal title and a state No. 1 rating in 2023.
Shortstop Mia Phillips was a key component in...
Hollister girls finish fourth in CCS Track & Field finals
At Saturday’s Central Coast Section Track and Field finals at Gilroy High, Hollister had a Baler bonanza and it was primarily in the girls field events. Golda Demby won both the shot put and the discus. Hannah Vincent won the triple jump and finished...
Hollister softball wins league title
The Hollister softball team capped an amazing 10-day span with an 18-0 blowout win over Stephenson on May 6. That victory gave the Balers their second straight league title, as the previous week included wins over second-place Monterey 6-2 and third-place Salinas 14-2.
Additionally, Hollister...
Baler softball ready to defend titles
Last year’s Hollister softball team had a spectacular and historic season. The Baler girls went 30-3, won the Central Coast Section Open Division title and a NorCal Division 1 title and were voted the top team in California.
It marked the 13th CCS title in...
Baler boys tennis near top of division
Hollister boys tennis Coach Rick Espino has his program rolling with both high-end talent and overall numbers and that will keep the Balers in the competitive top side of the Pacific Coast Athletic League, Mission Division.
Leadership at the top of the singles ladder comes...
Hollister boys soccer claims first CCS title
Hollister went on an amazing playoff run and captured the school’s first-ever boys soccer Central Coast Section championship.
The Balers won the Division II title and did so as No. 8 seed, upending host and No. 1 seed Westmont 3-2 in overtime and outplaying lauded...
Hollister girls teams red hot as playoffs begin
It may be a cold winter, but two red-clad Hollister girls teams are red-hot. The basketball and soccer squads have concluded stellar regular seasons and launched themselves into the Central Coast Section playoffs.
Coach Becky Bonner’s soccer team closed off the league season with a...
‘Balers boys soccer have eyes set on league title
The Hollister High boys’ soccer team has a base of three straight solid seasons.
In 2023-24, the Haybalers are testing themselves early against strong competition in hopes of another league title and more Central Coast Section playoff matches.
“We have started out fine,” Hollister head coach...
Balers shoot for the top
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...
