Sports

“Takedown!” screamed ESPN commentator Gerard “Rock” Harrison in the sudden-victory overtime of the 149s title match at the recent NCAA Championships. “Valencia victorious for the Stanford Cardinal!” Morgan Hill native and Sobrato alum Aden Valencia had just achieved one of the biggest athletic accomplishments in...

My relationship with my brother is so meaningful. I started wrestling because of him—he needed a consistent training partner.  Over time, what began as support turned into something much deeper. We grew through the sport together, often dedicating our wins to one another. No one understood...

Wake up, Morgan Hill. Take a look at Live Oak softball, one of the premier sports programs in the city. The Acorns won the Central Coast Section Division III title at West Valley College in Saratoga on May 30, running through the playoffs with...

The Live Oak softball team is rolling. After a strong regular season, the Acorns have scored 11 runs and 12 runs respectively in two solid playoff victories and have advanced to the May 30 Central Coast Section Division III title game.  The wins have been...

It was another year of success for Live Oak boys lacrosse.  The Acorns dominated Blossom Valley Athletic League play, with an unbeaten 10-0 mark, and all the victories came by nine goals or more. In the Central Coast Section Division II playoffs, Live Oak drilled...

Willow Glen has been a powerhouse in Central Coast Section softball the last few years. With Cal-bound Alanna Clincy on the mound, the Rams reached the CCS Open Division final last year with a 27-0 record, but lost in extra innings to St. Francis,...

They say you can throw out the records when rivals meet. That is not always the case, but it sure was true in the softball battles this year between Sobrato and Live Oak.  The Bulldogs, four games behind the Acorns in the league standings, completed...

Sobrato’s relatively new sports of boys and girls lacrosse are both having their best seasons ever. After two years of major struggles, the girls team is competitive in a challenging league. They are 4-6 overall, 4-5 in Blossom Valley Athletic League play. That slots them...

The Oakwood girls basketball team won its league with an unbeaten 12-0 record and finished with a school-history best 23-3 record. The Hawks advanced into the Central Coast Section Division V playoffs, rallying past Pescadero for an opening win before falling in the semifinals...

The NHL regular season concluded on April 16. The Calgary Flames, with Gilroy native and former Morgan Hill resident Dustin Wolf as their primary goalkeeper, missed the playoffs. However, in the last week of play, Wolf drew enormous acclaim all around the league for...