High School Sports

Jordan Fuentes has been the workhorse for Live Oak High’s football team for the better part of two seasons.  In that span, he’s had several games in which he’s carried the ball over 20 times in a contest and taken some big hits along the...

After playing a tough Alisal High team in its season-opener, the Sobrato High football team was prepared for its Week Two contest against a struggling Andrew Hill High squad.  Struggling would be an understatement, as Andrew Hill was coming off a 77-0 loss to Gunderson...

The Live Oak and Gilroy football teams were involved in a close contest at halftime when the Acorns went to a familiar script: ground and pound.  Known for its potent run game last season, Live Oak literally ran away from the host Mustangs in a...

After winning three consecutive Blossom Valley Athletic League Santa Teresa South Division championships—culminating in a 10-0 division mark last year—it was only fitting that the Sobrato High girls volleyball team got promoted to the league’s premier Mount Hamilton Division this season.  The Bulldogs competed in...

Longtime Live Oak High football coach Mike Gemo acknowledged the talent on this year’s team is as good as any the Acorns have had in the last five years.  However, the talent has to jell for Live Oak to win a league championship. “We just have...

It’s difficult for a high school football program to have sustained success if the coaching staff turns over every couple of years.  Sobrato High has had its fair share of football coaching changes recently which makes the hiring of Joel Rueda a vital one. In...

Aidan Keenan had a pretty good idea he was going to be selected to the 40-man 18U National Team Training Camp roster.  After all, USA Baseball was reserving 20 of the 40 roster spots for pitchers, and given what he did at the Prospect Development...

Division I college programs pursued Zoey Zeller in much the same manner she swims in a race: all-out. The incoming Gilroy High senior recently made a verbal commitment to Auburn University, whose women’s team finished seventh out of 12 teams in the Southeastern Conference (SEC)...

After a standout basketball career at Live Oak High that culminated in being named the 2021-2022 Blossom Valley Athletic League’s Santa Teresa East Division Most Valuable Player, Gus Giba was hoping to receive some interest from community college coaches.  Only one, De Anza College, expressed...

It was getting late in the recruiting process and Tyler Pina still didn’t have anything he was “super excited about.” The soon to be Sobrato High graduate’s goal of playing for a four-year baseball program straight out of high school seemed to be waning.  “I knew...