Sports

Morgan Hill Unified School District’s Ann Sobrato High School Marching Band and Color Guard is not a legacy in the world of the Marching Arts. Sobrato has never won a Western Band Association Regional or State Championship, nor had an undefeated season. They aren’t...

In 2025, Live Oak football took a giant step up to the elite level of local football, where they usually reside. After a rare stumble last year when the Acorns were just 3-8, this year’s squad went 9-3 and reached the Central Coast Section...

The 2025 Sobrato football team made history. In the school’s 20th year of football, the Bulldogs reached the program’s first Central Coast Section final. Sobrato won two playoff games before falling 31-30 in overtime in the Division V title match last Saturday. Additionally, this ended...

Sobrato’s volleyball team used a fierce schedule to toughen itself and the Bulldogs showed their mettle in the playoffs, their sixth straight appearance in the Central Coast Section post-season.  On the road at Rancho San Juan on the north side of Salinas Nov. 1, No....

Live Oak rolled with defense to beat Lincoln 17-13 on Oct. 17, then with offense to defeat Branham 52-46 on Oct. 23. The victories have vaulted the Acorns back into the top of the league race.  Gage Jones paced the Acorns’ offense with 523 rushing...

When Morgan Hill resident Ed Buller received the call informing him of his induction into the San Jose Sports Hall of Fame, he hung up in disbelief and immediately checked the organization’s website. “I saw the other people that were already in the Hall of...

Gavilan football and men’s and women’s soccer are having great seasons. The Rams’ men’s soccer team is 3-4-2. Wins have come against Redwoods 2-1, Contra Costa 3-0 and Monterey Peninsula 10-1, with a 1-1 tie against Lemoore and a 1-1 tie against Siskiyous.  Edisson Torres and...

Dustin Wolf, born in Gilroy and raised in Morgan Hill through age 10, produced an incredible rookie season with the NHL’s Calgary Flames last year. He recorded a 29-16-8 record, with a .910 save percentage and a 2.64 goals-against average. Wolf was widely credited...

It was a match made in heaven. The Promised Land Brewery in Gilroy developed a new craft beer called “The Wave,” after “Krazy” George Henderson, the man who invented the act that has become popular in stadiums across the country. Owner and brewer Brian Schwab said...

After an 18-year absence, Gavilan College reinstituted its women's soccer program in 2023. Javier Alejo, a Gilroy High graduate who played on the Gavilan men's soccer team, was named the head coach.  The program slowly came back to life and won its first match last...