Kathleen Davis sees tremendous potential for the Live Oak High girls volleyball program. The Acorns’ coach has plans to get the team out of the C division of the Blossom Valley Athletic League—which is the West Valley Division—within the next couple of years, along with establishing a consistency that characterizes perennially solid programs.
In 2017, the Live Oak and Christopher football teams needed double overtime to decide the outcome. Friday night, the teams’ latest game was no less thrilling. Jonathan Singleton connected with Elijah Fernandez on a 9-yard touchdown with 28.9 seconds remaining, and Caleb Ojeda sealed things with an interception moments later as the Acorns edged the host Cougars 33-31 in what was the latest installment of one of the most anticipated non-league games in the South Valley.
Jonathan Singleton had just busted off a 75-yard run before being tackled from behind and fumbling the ball in the process. What looked to be a sure-fire touchdown instead resulted in a turnover, and several of the Live Oak players could only bend over at the waist with looks of despair.
GILROY — Emma Leach has been playing field hockey at the Garcia-Elder Sports Complex for almost her entire career. On Wednesday, she had to say goodbye.
After making it back to the Central Coast Section playoffs for the first time in three years, the Live Oak baseball team was rewarded with six all-league selections Monday in the Blossom Valley Athletic League’s Santa Teresa Division.
The volleyball version of the El Toro Bowl featured a pair of teams searching for consistency inside the Blossom Valley Athletic League. And it came as no surprise that each set came down to the final points.
Superintendent Wes Smith with the Morgan Hill Unified School District is calling recent vandalism at Live Oak High School a "cross-town rivalry prank that went a little bit too far."