Sports

To say the Hollister American 12-and-under All-Star team ran roughshod in the recently completed District 9 tournament would be a vast understatement. Hollister’s 11-1 win over Atlantic of Salinas in the championship game last Sunday capped a scintillating run in which it outscored eight opponents by a combined margin of 109-17.

Gavilan College baseball star Louis Zulaica, a Morgan Hill resident, is on his way up. The Rams’ shortstop was recently named Coast Conference South Division MVP and First Team All-State after a breakout season. In the recently concluded spring campaign, he hit .394, with a...

Playing in the Tri-County Athletic League B Division a year ago, the San Benito boys water polo team believed they were undervalued and undeservedly placed in a lower-tier league. After finishing with a 12-2 record inside the TCAL, and clinching the league championship with a goal in the closing seconds over Palma, the Balers won’t be underappreciated in 2012 when their season starts on Aug. 30 at Soquel.

Up 23-14 in the third game of the Balers volleyball match with Palma on Tuesday, San Benito looked like it was going to take control of the early-season contest.

Despite competing in 10 combined events in the boys and girls Central Coast Section swimming championship on Friday and Saturday, the Balers advanced only a diver to the finals after struggling in the prelims.

One year ago, this was not supposed to happen.

For the opening half of the first game of the 2011-12 season Tuesday, the San Benito boys soccer team was stuck trying to turn its many chances into goals that never came.