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February 6, 2026

The Score: Prep football, athlete of the week and debating the NBA’s best

In this edition of the San Benito Score, host Andrew Matheson

Sports Roundup: Three Hollister wrestlers win titles at tourney

Hollister High School
Hollister HS Boys Basketball (7-5 overall) Recent results: Lost 56-44 vs. Monterey; Won 46-38 vs. Gonzalez; Won 63-35 vs. Rancho San Juan Upcoming games: 7pm Jan. 8 vs. Stevenson; 7pm Jan. 12 at Rancho San Juan; 7pm Jan. 14 vs. North Monterey County NOTES: Freshman Rudy Lopez...

Hollister softball star Grace Peffley heads to Boise State

Grace Peffley has patrolled centerfield for Hollister softball the last four years. During that span, her athletic defense was matched by her spectacular hitting. Peffley graduates with an amazing career batting average of .476, with 147 hits in 309 at-bats. Her on-base percentage is...

Sports roundup: Baler baseballers drop two tight ones, remain in third place tie

Hollister HS baseball (9-7 overall, 5-5 PCAL Gabilan)  Recent results: Lost 5-3 at Soledad; lost 4-3 at Monterey Upcoming games: 4pm April 17 vs. Monterey. NOTES: Carmel and Palma lead the league, with Hollister and St. Francis tied for third. Monterey is a half game back in...

Gavilan alumnus Joffre Longoria named college’s new football coach

Gavilan College on May 13 announced it has named Gilroy native and college alumnus Joffre Longoria as its new football coach. Longoria is also Gavilan’s new manager of the Rams Athletic Academic Mentorship Program.  Longoria played for the Rams in 1995-96 and was on the...

Baler track star Jasayla Mariscal is on her way to Sac State

Jasayla Mariscal at a recent track meet
Mariscal and teammates set 4x800 relay school record by nearly six seconds Jasayla Mariscal’s name is all over the Hollister High track and field record book. Even in events she did not run regularly or concentrate on. Her specialty is the 800 meters, where she...

Sports Roundup: Baler football travels to Wilcox; girls water polo beats Carmel and SLV

Hollister HS Football (0-1 overall)Recent results: Lost 42-28 vs. Branham Upcoming games: 7pm Sept. 12 at Wilcox NOTES: The Balers come off a bye week and head to Santa Clara to face the Chargers. Wilcox, trying to overcome graduations, has begun the year with a 41-10...

Gilroy brewery toasts ‘The Wave’

It was a match made in heaven. The Promised Land Brewery in Gilroy developed a new craft beer called “The Wave,” after “Krazy” George Henderson, the man who invented the act that has become popular in stadiums across the country. Owner and brewer Brian Schwab said...

Balers lose to Wilcox to fall to 0-2 but stay positive

Two games into the 2025 football season and the Balers are 0-2. However, there have been many good signs and a lot of progress with new coaches and new schemes and the Balers are encouraged about the “new season,” i.e., league play, beginning Friday...

South Valley native Jared Allen elected to NFL Hall of Fame

There are 382 members of the National Football League Hall of Fame. And one of them was raised on a horse ranch in Morgan Hill and attended Live Oak High.  On Aug. 2, the NFL enshrined Jared Allen into the Hall, its highest honor. Allen,...

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