Live Oak High School

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...

The Live Oak High boys lacrosse team has been steadily building and is one of the rising programs in the Central Coast Section.  The Acorns barely missed out on making the playoffs last year, but this season they’re intent on not only making the postseason...

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...

Talk about an impressive turnaround. In just its second full season as a program, the Live Oak High girls lacrosse team has won the Blossom Valley Athletic League championship.  The Acorns finished 13-5 overall and a perfect 10-0 in league play a year after going...

Less than 24 hours after a riveting one-run win over Willow Glen in 11 innings, the Live Oak baseball team wasn’t in the mood to go extra innings again. So on Friday, they made sure to end things early. Displaying superiority in every phase...

The track and field season finished up recently with the Blossom Valley Athletic League finals on May 10 at Santa Teresa High and the Central Coast Section prelims and finals at Gilroy High on May 17 and May 24. Top performers from the city of...

Karinne Leong did something last summer she hadn’t ever done since she started swimming—she took a break from the sport. It was a much needed respite considering Leong has been grinding away in the sport for close to 14 years.  “It was the first break...

As the final out was recorded, several Live Oak players stood motionless against the dugout railing as their Los Gatos counterparts celebrated. The anticipation of playing the best of the best gave way to disappointment and melancholy as the Acorns fell 6-4 in eight...

When the Live Oak High baseball team got swept by Santa Teresa High to open the Blossom Valley League Mount Hamilton Division season, the Acorns knew their margin for error was essentially gone if they wanted to repeat as A-league champions.  They were near perfect...

Live Oak High senior running back Josh Gagni recorded three rushing touchdowns to help lift the Acorns football team past cross-town rival Sobrato High, 35-27, in the annual El Toro Bowl on Sept. 16.  Gagni finished with 213 yards rushing on 26 carries and crossed...