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November 11, 2024

Live Oak girls lacrosse aim for repeat league title; Sobrato looks to progress

It’s a testament to the Live Oak High girls lacrosse team that it finds itself in prime position to repeat as Blossom Valley Athletic League champions.  The Acorns have dealt with illness and multiple injuries to key players this season, yet they improved to 6-0...

Sobrato High track and field boys and girls teams hitting their times, marks

Even with an injury to one of its top athletes, the Sobrato High track and field program is setting program records and continuing to hit its marks.  “We’re building the program and doing our best to put Sobrato on the map as far as track...

Sobrato High baseball seeks turnaround

Off to its roughest start in recent memory, the Sobrato High baseball team can still turn things around if their mental approach changes.  “The players’ heads were down, they don’t have the belief they can win yet,” Bulldogs coach James Pozas said after a 15-4,...

Sports Roundup: Sobrato beats Overfelt, Acorns win first

Live Oak HS Football (1-4 overall, 1-0 BVAL Mt. Hamilton Division) Recent results: Won 23-6 at Lincoln Upcoming games: 7:15pm Oct. 4 at Leigh NOTES: Gage Jones rushed 17 times for 107 yards and a touchdown against the Lincoln Lions. Tanner Holeman scored from 39 yards on...

Sobrato aims to finish strong this time

Last season, the Sobrato High boys basketball team entered Blossom Valley League Mount Hamilton Division play with a stellar record only to finish 0-14. This season, the Bulldogs hope to carry their non-league momentum into the BVAL’s Santa Teresa Division, which starts in the...

Live Oak’s ‘X’ factor propels Acorns to victory

From the moment Xavier Catano put on a Live Oak High uniform, he’s been a difference-maker. In the season-opener against visiting Gilroy High on Aug. 27, the junior standout had a career-best performance in the Acorns’ 41-26 win.  Catano scored three touchdowns—including a 70-yard TD...

Miguel Gutierrez pulls triple soccer duty

When Miguel Gutierrez was recently hired as the new assistant coach for the Hartnell College women’s soccer team, it was assumed that he would step down from his position as the Sobrato girls coach. Not so fast.  The 26-year-old Gilroy resident is going to do...

Oakwood boys continue to roll

The Oakwood boys basketball team improved its record to 7-1 with a 67-43 win over Gonzales High School.

Mendez to receive Jimmy V Award

When ESPN aired Rob Mendez's life story in a Sports Center Featured segment on Feb. 16, it forever changed his life. Mendez, a 31-year-old Gilroy resident who was born without arms and legs, started to get inundated with messages and requests to the point...

Hatch, Jensen and Storlie save their best for last

When Cameron Storlie decided he wasn't going to play football in his sophomore year, his friends—Jacob Hatch and Nicholas Jensen—recommended to give water polo a shot. Even though Storlie had never played the sport before and wasn't crazy on the idea of swimming a...

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