Sports

When you’re a parent of a top-flight softball athlete like Joe Monteon is, there is no such thing as a relaxing summer. “There is no summer,” said Monteon, whose daughter, Dominique, plays for the Cal Nuggets 16-and-under team and is an incoming junior at San...

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...

Adriana Ibarra has rebounded from a devastating moment by being around kids who remind her why she played the game in the first place. The 2015 San Benito High graduate suffered a torn labrum after her freshman season at San Jose City College in...

The Hollister National 11- and 12-year-old All Star team believes it has the goods to get to sectionals this season. Hollister National delivered a powerful statement last weekend, whipping Greenfield 18-1 last Saturday before producing an 11-2 victory over Hollister American Sunday. Hollister National...

Kelly Freitas’ loved ones have made sure her memory stays alive and well. They do it through the Kelly Freitas Memorial Golf Tournament, which raises funds for a scholarship to be awarded to a student in San Benito County. Kelly Freitas died from cancer...

Hunter Haworth was driving back to his parents’ home in Hollister on June 15 when his phone started blowing up. Haworth, a 2014 San Benito High graduate who recently completed a stellar junior season at Chico State University, received 52—yes, 52—calls in a five-minute...

A funny thing happened in the lead up to Anthony Butler being named the new coach of the San Benito High boys basketball team last week. The 2004 San Benito High graduate knew the other candidates who had interviewed for the job, and they...

Long before Dubs became a catchy nickname for the Golden State Warriors, Erik Wagle was referred to as E-Dub. His organization, Dub Baseball, is a play off his nickname. And just like the recently crowned NBA champions, Dub Baseball has the makings of a...

Justin Thompson has felt nothing but love coming from the people of Hollister. The Monterey Amberjacks’ 28-year-old manager feels humbled and thankful for the warm embrace the community has lavished upon his first-year ball club, which competes in the independent Pecos League. Most of the...

Santana Rodriguez is convinced she was named after renowned musician Carlos Santana, the critically acclaimed 10-time Grammy Award winner who is known for his brilliance with the guitar. “My dad (Rudy) always told me when I was younger I used to watch a soap opera,...