The Live Oak girls cross country team stayed undefeated by
grabbing the top three spots in its meet against Andrew Hill and
earning a 25-31 victory Monday at Montgomery Park.
San Jose – The Live Oak girls cross country team stayed undefeated by grabbing the top three spots in its meet against Andrew Hill and earning a 25-31 victory Monday at Montgomery Park.
Olivia Duran led the way for Live Oak (3-0), with her time of 21:44 putting her third overall among the eight teams running.
Pauline Olsen moved up two spots from the seventh place she took in last week’s meet to finish fifth with a time of 21:52. That time was 1:01 better than her run from the previous week.
Acorns coach Dean Raymond was particularly proud of the effort of Renee Dominguez. Dominguez shaved 1:06 off her time from last week to take 12th overall and beat out the top finisher from Andrew Hill, which automatically gave Live Oak the win.
“She responded to the challenge incredibly,” Raymond said of Dominguez, who he pushed before the meet to try to beat out the top Andrew Hill competitor.
On the boys side, the young Acorns team remained winless after falling to Andrew Hill 20-41.
Eric Matsumoto, Live Oak’s lone senior boys runner, took close to a minute off his time from the first meet to take seventh overall at 17:35. Anthony Macadaeg shaved 30 seconds off his previous time to record a mark of 18:31.
The Acorns’ No. 3 runner, freshman Greg Wong, improved four places and took 1:21 off his time to finish in 20:07, while sophomore Joey Rodriguez returned from injury and raced the Montgomery Park course for the first time and finished in 21:58.
“It was a courageous run,” Raymond said of Rodriguez. “He stepped up to be our fifth man.”
Volleyball
San Jose – Live Oak opened play in the BVAL’s Mt. Hamilton Division by falling to Westmont in three games.
The loss dropped the Acorns to 3-7 on the season and they have yet to win outside of the three games they won during a tournament in Reno, Nev..
Talia Reyes-Ortiz had four kills to lead the Acorns, who were defeated 25-11, 25-18, 25-20 by Westmont (7-4, 1-0).
Girls Tennis
Morgan Hill – Facing off against one of the top teams in the Blossom Valley Athletic League, the Live Oak High girls tennis team fell to Santa Teresa 6-1 at home Tuesday.
The loss dropped the Acorns to 0-3 in the BVAL’s Mt. Hamilton Division.
Field Hockey
Cupertino – Live Oak’s field hockey team opened play in the Santa Teresa Division of the Blossom Valley Athletic League with a 1-1 tie on the road at Cupertino.
Both teams were scoreless in the first half and Acorns’ sophomore Brooke Willis scored the lone goal for Live Oak.
Girls Golf
Hollister – Live Oak shot a team score of 250 on Tuesday at San Juan Oaks to finish third in a multi-team Tri-County Athletic League event.
San Benito took first with its scored of 180 and Salinas was not far behind at 184. Watsonville (256) and Alvarez (263) finished behind the Acorns to round out the scoring.
Jimmy Durkin is the Morgan Hill Times sports editor. Reach him at (408) 779-4106 ext. 203 or at jd*****@*************es.com. To report scores of any local games, visit www.morganhilltimes.com and use the sports score submission form.
