Swimming: San Benito Aquatics looks for continued growth
Swimming is more than just an exercise for the nearly 100 participants at San Benito Aquatics every week. To those kids - ranging from as young as eight to as old as 17 - swimming is a stable dream and an end to a means.
Bruce Lewis: Learning golf from Buster Posey
We can learn balance and posture for our golf swing from other sports. In golf, the address position is a very athletic ready position. In the position, golfers bend at their hips and knees while keeping their back straight. Weight should be balanced on the balls of golfer’s feet.
Redemption for torment may come with nephew
Anyone who has read my column for a period of time knows that I became an aunt for the first time last year. Having no children of my own, my niece’s birth was an enormous event that filled my heart with pride.
Church welcomes football players, cheerleaders
Well, the days are getting shorter, schools are preparing to start and leaves will soon be changing color and falling off trees. These signs all point to the conclusion that it must almost be … football season.
Baseball: Babe Ruth All-Stars drop opening game of regional tourney
The San Benito 14-year-old Babe Ruth All-Star team struggled in the start of the Pacific Southwest Regional tournament in Surprise, Arizona on Tuesday. Behind five errors, San Benito fell to the Tucson Bobcats 7-3 in the opening game of the tournament.
Racing: Allmendinger released from Penske Racing
A week after Sprint Cup driver A.J. Allmendinger failed a second urine sample, Penske Racing announced Wednesday the former Hollister resident will be released from his contract.
MLB: Giants and Dodgers keep up off the field, too
Hunter Pence, still in transit, was not in the Giants' lineup Tuesday. Nor was Shane Victorino, similarly dealt that morning by the Philadelphia Phillies, starting for the Dodgers.
Wine tasting is an experience that brings people together
Wine tasting is more than taking a swig and gulping it down. For that, there’s whiskey. But for most of us oenophiles, wine tasting is an experience to be savored and enjoyed with all of our senses – an experience that includes selecting the perfect wine, swirling the glass to release the aromas and savoring the flavors. The experience is heightened when shared with good friends or someone special. More than anything, it’s the sharing of wine that brings people together and can turn a special occasion into a night of romance.
Baseball: Hollister-filled San Jose PAL team eliminated from Colt tourney
The season ended for the Pony League Colt Division San Jose PAL All-Star team Monday night four wins short of a trip to the World Series.
