San Benito County Local News: Sports

The Hollister Parks and Recreation Department hosted its 34th Annual Red Ribbon 3K and 5K run/walk on Oct. 19. More than 90 people participated in the event, which is meant to bring attention to resources available for people struggling with drug or alcohol abuse and other issues in the community.

Moving up a notch, Hollister Tremors U14 team has high expectations.

Baler Head Coach Bryan Smith seeks to improve over an uneven 2023-2024 season that saw three close losses.

The Christopher High boys soccer team ran all the way to the Central Coast Section Division III final for the first time, racking up a 17-3-2 record that included a sparkling 8-0-2 mark for 1st place in the Blossom Valley Athletic League, Santa Teresa East Division.

Hollister went on an amazing playoff run and captured the school’s first-ever boys soccer Central Coast Section championship.

Gilroy enjoyed its best girls soccer season in 11 years, winning its league and reaching the Central Coast Section playoffs. The 13-3-4 campaign was highlighted by a superb 7-0-3 record for first place in the Blossom Valley Athletic League, Santa Teresa – East Division.

Susan Dodd, who started her three-decades-plus career at Gavilan College as the first female full-time staff member in the Department of Kinesiology & Athletics, died on Feb. 1. She was 74 years old.

Baler sophomore wins spot on the U-17 squad and sparkles in CONCACAF tourney in Mexico.

Fears that pop superstar will encourage her “Swifties” to vote for Joe Biden has Trump fans declaring “Holy War.”

At the end of the first day of the Northern California Golf Association Net Amateur Championship, Josh Torres was locked in a three-way tie for first.

Hollister High girls’ soccer team went on an amazing run that was capped off with both section and state titles for the first time in the program’s history.