Hollister Strikers working overtime
Two years ago, the Hollister Strikers club soccer team wasn’t well known outside of San Benito County.
“We were a bunch of nobodies,” Strikers coach Greg Dolan said. “But now people know us throughout California.”
Indeed, the Strikers—a 17-and-under travel ball soccer team that is part...
Hollister High softball makes history by winning CCS Open Division championship
Public school versus private school. Third seed against first seed. A 10-2 defeat at their last meeting.
By almost every indicator, the Hollister High softball team (27-3) was the underdog going into its Central Coast Section Open Division championship game against St. Francis (26-3) May...
Homeless Anzar swim team continues to grow
Anzar High athletes may not have a pool to call home, but that
Hollister High track and field program dominates Gabilan Division, Masters Meet next
It was a clean sweep for the host Hollister High track and field program in the Pacific Coast Athletic League Gabilan Division Finals on April 28.
The girls put together a dominating performance, totaling 206 points. The boys won with 141 points, but things didn’t...
San Benito High softball team looks like a powerhouse early in PCAL Gabilan season
In the last couple of years, San Benito High softball coach Andrew Barragan has purposely scheduled ultra-tough non-league competition to put the Haybalers in the best position to win a league and section championship.
Sometimes the players react well to it, and sometimes—as was the...
San Benito High girls volleyball team falls in CCS but accomplishes plenty
If there was one moment that synopsized what the San Benito High girls volleyball team was about this season, it came in the third to last point of its Central Coast Section Division I playoff quarterfinal match against Los Altos High on Nov. 2.
Down...
Brittnee Rossi gets her mojo back; looks to close Hawaii career out strong
With one swing of the bat, Brittnee Rossi let out weeks of frustration with an emphatic stomp of home plate.
Rossi, a 2017 San Benito High graduate and University of Hawaii senior center fielder, homered against Cal in a March 12 tournament game and immediately...
San Benito-Aptos showdown canceled after Balers report ‘close-contact protocols’
Friday’s much-anticipated game between the San Benito High and Aptos High football teams has been cancelled due to a number of San Benito High varsity football players being unavailable to play due to Covid protocols, a press release from the San Benito High School...
Play ball!
For the first time since 2017, Hollister Little League was able to hold its Opening Ceremony on March 11 at Veterans Park. An estimated 2,000 people were in attendance for the festivities, which were canceled for the last four years due to inclement weather...
