High School Sports

Live Oak High senior Christian Hauge and his teammates went into last week’s season opener with their heads held high, and mighty confident, after coming off a 2022 postseason run cut short in heartbreaking fashion.  The standout utility player watched his junior year come to...

The dog days of summer football camp are over and the time has finally arrived for Live Oak and Sobrato high schools to kick off the 2023 season. The Acorns finished in a three-way tie for the Blossom Valley Athletic League Mt. Hamilton Division title...

Though most golf fans were pulling hard for favorites Rory McIlroy and Ricky Fowler in the final round of the 2023 U.S. Open at Los Angeles Country Club on June 18, those affiliated with Live Oak High were no doubt rooting for Wyndham Clark.  That’s...

If measuring athletic success comes down to winning championships, the Sobrato High roller hockey team can rightfully lay claim as the top high school sports team in the Central Coast Section—and perhaps any section in California.  In the recently completed 2022-2023 school year, the Bulldogs...

Dre DeJesus had such a memorable experience playing for team Puerto Rico last year in the Triple Crown Fastpitch International Challenge that she decided to run it back for 2023.  The recent Live Oak High graduate will play for Puerto Rico’s 18U squad June 23-25...

Gavin Herr literally eats, breathes and sleeps lacrosse.  If he’s not coaching the sport, he’s refereeing games. If he’s not refereeing matches, he’s flying to different parts of the U.S. to play in tournaments. And if Herr isn’t doing any of those things, he’s either...

Live Oak High School is hosting a wrestling camp June 11 from 8am to 2:30pm. The event is being done in conjunction with West Hills College Wrestling Camps. The clinician/camp leader is none other than Isaiah Martinez, a decorated wrestler who is a four-time NCAA...

Good things come to those who wait. That was the motto for the Live Oak High softball team (15-11), whose CIF NorCal Regional Division V playoff championship game against North Salinas (15-13) June 3 was delayed an hour on account of an umpire scheduling mishap.  When...

Led by another sensational pitching performance from freshman Hailey Nguyen and potent hitting from Dre DeJesus and Ava Chapman, the Live Oak High softball team proved to be unstoppable in winning the Central Coast Section Division IV playoff championship May 27 at San Jose...

Through the first two rounds in the Central Coast Section Division IV playoffs, it’s apparent the Live Oak High softball team is vastly underseeded in terms of division placement.  The No. 2 seed Acorns have played just one inning above the minimum amount possible after...