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Lauren Okamoto decided to run on San Benito High’s cross country team this season to keep her in shape for soccer. Little did the freshman know how the sport would change her life. “I didn’t expect to fall in love with cross country as much...

Owen Branon checks off all the boxes in terms of being the ideal high school athlete. Hard worker. Earns excellent grades. Leader in words and example. Hollister football coach Bryan Smith was effusive in his praise for Branon, a senior inside linebacker who flies...

Apparently the Alvarez High girls basketball team didn’t have a scouting report on San Benito High sharpshooter Jessica Bueno. Because if the Eagles did, they would’ve stuck two players on the 5-foot guard. Instead, Alvarez kept on giving Bueno room to shoot, and the Eagles paid for it dearly.

Alex Soto could only watch helplessly from his home as paramedics attempted to revive his nephew, Andres Real, on April 15. Real, a 4 year old who had been in and out of the hospital since he was born, died on the scene. In...

Last August, Seryna Esparza wasn’t sure if she was going to accept a scholarship offer to play softball at Coppin State University, a Division I program in Baltimore.  Even though it was her lone D-I offer, the 2022 Hollister High graduate had a bit of...

For the San Benito High girls volleyball team, the future is now. The Haybalers return all but one starter from last year’s team, they have a dynamic new coach in Ruth Testman and enough talent to compete with most of the best teams in the Central Coast Section.

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The San Benito High girls volleyball team has won three consecutive league championships, including the last two in outright fashion. This season, the Haybalers’ quest for a four-peat will be as tough as ever. For one, the Gabilan Division got even tougher with the...