Volleyball: Impact continues success
The Hollister Volleyball Club made an impact at last week’s tournaments held at San Benito High School and North Salinas. The Impact’s 14-3 team took first place in the NCVA Pacific District Silver Division tournament, advancing to the gold division for the last league tournament before regional finals.
Semi-Pro Football: Barnstormers rout Giants, win third straight
The Central Coast Barnstormers semi-pro football team won its third straight game Saturday with a 48-0 victory over the Golden State Giants at the Galileo Academy of Science and Technology in San Francisco.
Cycling: Tierra Bella draws about 2,000 riders to South Valley
Tierra Bella, Spanish for “beautiful land,” is the aptly named cycling tour hosted annually by the Almaden Cycle Touring Club of San Jose. Now in its 36th year, Tierra Bella had an estimated 2,000 riders cover about 144,000 miles through Gilroy and Morgan Hill on Saturday.
San Juan’s Soccer Sports Plex opens up possibilities
Having played soccer for more than 40 years, the 47-year-old Giuliano Santini wanted to give his son the same opportunity in the sport he loves. But once his son reached the age of six, Santini had trouble finding the right fit for a club soccer team.
Softball: Gilroy High grad goes from unsure Gavilan freshman to record-setting sophomore
Gavilan College softball coach Nikki Dequin tells a detailed story of how she set out a year ago to change Elaina Vasquez’s swing.
Getting Out: Feel alive in Death Valley
Death Valley is the earth bare bones and naked. The light smattering of creosote bushes and cacti does not begin to disguise, even to a beginner’s eye, some of the simple features of the valley’s construction.
Gavilan Roundup: Rams fall in baseball, softball
Gavilan College’s baseball team committed four errors on its way to a 9-6 home loss to Monterey on Thursday.
Family healthy after high-risk pregnancy of quadruplets, mother’s cancer
Connie Cooklin's Hollister home has been full of family members since her daughter Ashley Adams arrived for a visit with her quadruplets at the end of March. The babies – Samantha, Rylie, Braelynn and Wyatt – are 7 months old and they are beginning to scoot around their grandmother's house.
Marty: Don’t let the good times roll
Conventional wisdom has it that our local political leadership needs our support the most when economic times are bad, but I see it the other way around. History shows that we have made our biggest mistakes during the good times because that’s when the public often loses interest in what’s going on. I believe the political leadership needs more support during the good times so they can tackle our long-term economic problems and refrain from making bad decisions brought on by the euphoria of temporary riches.
Organizers planning inaugural San Benito Olive Festival
Can the allure of olive oil possibly lead to festival gold for San Benito County?
