High School Sports

As Ashton Pluckhan started his ascent up one of the hills on the Gavilan Cross Country Course, his mom, Piper, couldn't help but well up with tears. After all, what Ashton was doing was nothing short of monumental—and that could be considered a vast...

Sobrato High boys soccer coach Jeff Brown said he firmly believes in the talent and makeup of his players. The team has given him legitimate reasons for optimism, as the Bulldogs are off to their best start in nearly a decade (they were 3-2-0...

Sobrato High has one mission for the 2019 season: to prove it belongs in the Blossom Valley League's Santa Teresa Division. The Bulldogs got bumped up from the lower West Valley Division after a couple of strong seasons in the BVAL's lowest division, including...

When the Sobrato High football team started the season 0-5—one loss that was later overturned due to a team using an ineligible player—things could’ve easily gone downhill from there. Instead, the opposite happened. After a four-point loss to Andrew Hill on Sept. 29, the...

Mark Cummins is in his 11th season as the Live Oak High boys golf coach, and this has been one of his most enjoyable teams yet.  Sure, it helped that the Acorns finished the regular-season 12-4 overall and 8-2 in the Blossom Valley League’s Santa...

When coach Karen Arnold began the inaugural season for the Oakwood High track and field team four years ago, there were only five members on the roster. However, one of those athletes, Maryam Moghaddami, really stood out from the rest. The versatile senior excels...

Armed with athleticism, length and a hyper-competitive drive, Sobrato High sophomore Briana Bouton reflects what the team aims to bring every game: a tenaciousness from start to finish.  All of Bouton’s skills were on display in the Bulldogs’ 69-12 win over crosstown rival Live Oak...

Gavin Vallez and Jonathan Singleton first met when they were 5 years old playing in the Morgan Hill youth baseball league. Thirteen years later, they sat side by side inside the Live Oak High gym to sign their letter of intents to play sports...

Leading just 7-0 at halftime, the Live Oak High football team knew it wasn’t playing to its potential. The Acorns got right at halftime, as adjustments from the coaching staff and an increased level of intensity from the players resulted in a 35-8 win...

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...