High School Sports

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...

Sobrato volleyball in 2024 dealt with graduations of last year’s seniors, a challenging non-conference schedule and loaded league competition. The Bulldogs nonetheless extended their playoff streak to five consecutive non-Covid years, and notched a postseason victory for only the second time in that span,...

Live Oak HS Boys Basketball (6-8 overall) Recent results: Lost 64-62 at Oakwood; won 69-39 vs. San Lorenzo Valley Upcoming games: 7pm Jan. 15 at Gilroy; 7pm Jan. 17 at Evergreen Valley NOTES: Against SLV, Ethan Estrada Sanchez scored 24 points and Devon DeHaro added 16 points. Live...

For one team, nirvana. For another team, sheer and utter disappointment.  Those were the raw emotions on display in the aftermath of the Christopher High football team’s 21-19 win over Live Oak High in their regular-season finale on Nov. 4. Although the two teams finished...

Live Oak HS baseball (5-6 overall, 5-1 BVAL Santa Teresa East) Recent results: Won 9-0 at Piedmont Hills; won 5-3 vs. Piedmont Hills; won 5-3 at Evergreen Valley Upcoming games:4pm April 3 at Lincoln NOTES: Thomas Guenet tossed seven innings against PH, allowing just four hits and...

The National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association has awarded All-American recognition to two Morgan Hill swimmers.  The NISCA recognized Sobrato’s Zoe Childers and Oakwood’s Lucas Tompkins for their recent accomplishments in the Spring 2025 season. Childers received awards in both the 100 butterfly and the 200 individual...

When things get a little helter-skelter for the Oakwood High boys basketball team, their dialogue on the floor and especially during timeouts gets ratched up a notch.  It can seem chaotic at times, but in the end, the Hawks usually put things together and such...

Live Oak had a rocky start to the 2024 season. There were three one-sided losses and a painful 20-14 defeat to rival Sobrato.  But under the covers, one notes that those three teams that beat the Acorns decisively (Palma, Los Gatos and Menlo-Atherton), were all...

After graduating nine seniors off last year’s team, Live Oak High boys basketball coach Randy Bartholomew knows this season will have a lot of growing pains.  But the fourth-year Acorns coach also sees an opportunity for the players to learn, grow and develop into a...