Sports

In his third start of the season, Jorge Molina Ruiz showed why he’s one of the best offensive talents on the San Benito High boys soccer team. Playing against North Monterey County on Jan. 18, Ruiz had three legitimate scoring opportunities in the first...

Despite moving up two weight classes from a year ago, Ethan Rossi is having his best season yet. The San Benito High junior entered the week at No. 3 in the Central Coast Section rankings at 126 pounds, having posted some solid results at...

To underscore the competitiveness of the Pacific Coast League’s Gabilan Division this season, San Benito High coach Mitch Burley noted two websites predicted the Haybalers would finish fifth in the standings this year. Mind you, there are only six teams in the Gabilan this...

The Rotary Club of Hollister knows how to ring in the New Year, and they do it with a running start. Hosting its 36th annual Mission 10 Race in San Juan Bautista on Saturday, Jan. 26, the Rotary Club of Hollister is anticipating more than...

Even when the San Benito High girls soccer team lost its first three matches and four of its first five, coach Becky Bonner didn’t worry. After all, she was sacrificing short-term victories for long-term goals. “At the beginning of the season, I told the girls—and...

Manny Luna defines versatility. The San Benito High goalkeeper was pressed into field duty in the team’s showdown against Watsonville on Tuesday—the score of the match was not available before the completion of this article—a direct result of Luna’s playmaking ability and the fact...

After a third-place finish in the Morningstar Invitational in Los Banos on Dec. 15, Albert Rodriguez realized he needed to make a dramatic improvement in one area of the sport: conditioning. Rodriguez watched the video of his semifinal match that he lost, and his...

Kaiya Dickens got the ball on the left wing, dribbled to the top of the key and drained a 3-pointer—just the way the play was drawn up by Mitch Burley, the longtime San Benito High girls basketball coach. Dickens’ shot—it bounced straight up after...

Jordan Yeager likens the San Benito High boys basketball team practices to a boxing match. “Guys are almost to the point of breaking sometimes,” the senior shooting guard said. “We’re going toe to toe with each other because we want to win that much...

With 12 seniors on the roster, the San Benito High girls soccer team may have its best chance yet to make the deepest playoff run in program history. The Haybalers are nothing if not consistent. They’ve finished in third place in the Gabilan Division...