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The San Benito High football team participated in the second annual USA Football/Max Preps Media Day presented by the San Francisco 49ers at Levi’s Stadium on July 13. In all, 33 teams from Northern California and as far away as central Oregon took the stage in a press conference setting to answer questions from a dozen media members.

The Hollister American 11-and-under All-Star team saw its fine season come to an end on Tuesday in a loss to Los Altos in the championship round of the Section 5 Tournament at Berryessa Little League Field in San Jose.

Matt Lewis was the manager of the Hollister National 9-and-under All-Star team that won the District 9 championship last year. Because of the team’s makeup, Lewis wondered what the squad could’ve done had there been another round of play (the 9s age division ends with the district tournament).

David Kaplansky was on a recruiting trip when he walked into the Humboldt State University gymnasium in the summer of 1996. The only person there was a man dripping with sweat wearing board shorts and beat-up sneakers. Of course, it was Gene Cotter.

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.

When the San Benito High boys cross country team made the CIF State Championships two years ago, coaches Ryan Shorey and Leanna Morgan had a feeling the girls team wouldn’t be that far behind. Their intuition proved to be spot on.

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.

Lydia Ko was tied for 52nd place before the start of Friday’s second round of the U.S. Women’s Open at CordeValle in San Martin. But two rounds later the world’s top-ranked player finds herself in a familiar position: on top of the leaderboard entering the final round of a tournament.

While the world’s top ranked female golfer Lydia Ko made her move back into contention at the 2016 U.S. Women’s Open, a trio of Korean competitors landed in the top three spots of Friday’s second-round leaderboard at Cordevalle Golf Club in San Martin.

The first round of the U.S. Women’s Open went off with the top golfers charging hard out of the gates, with nine players shooting 3-under or better to open things up.