Local Sports

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

The Hollister Little League All Star teams tend to dominate the District 9 Tournament, and this season it was no different.  The 11U and 12U squads won their respective age divisions, while the 10U lost in the finals. Winners in the District round advance to...

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...

A year after getting blown out in the Super Bowl, the Hollister Rebels Midget football team completed an undefeated season with a dominating 30-14 win over the Toro Bulls at Rabobank Stadium on Nov. 20. Hollister finished the season a perfect 11-0 playing in...