Live Oak High football team looks to improve through bye week
Mike Gemo and his assistant coaches had a message for the Live Oak High players following their 34-0 loss to Los Gatos High on Sept. 9.
“We moved the ball pretty well against Los Gatos; we just needed a little more effort and that shows...
Sobrato duo looks to outwork competition
Jesse Redmond and Riley Hedden are wrestlers who also played together on the football team. Although one has to be explosive on the gridiron, the mat is an entirely different story. For a wrestler to achieve their full potential, their cardio and conditioning must...
Oakwood outlasts Trinity in slugfest
The Boys Varsity Basketball team traveled to Monterey Monday to face off with powerhouse Trinity Christian in an offensive slugfest, winning 83-73.
Live Oak girls volleyball team starts BVAL West Valley title quest
After a tough 2021 season in which it finished second to last in the Blossom Valley Athletic League’s middle-tier Santa Teresa Division, the Live Oak High girls volleyball team got demoted to the league’s lower West Valley Division this season.
Given their history as a...
In the classroom or behind the dish, Tyler Pina got the job done
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...
Sobrato states its case to get promoted
Before the season started, the Sobrato High baseball team had three goals: to win a league championship, advance to the Central Coast Section playoffs and move up from the Blossom Valley League's Santa Teresa Division to the Mount Hamilton, the A division. The Bulldogs...
Huber plays for school, country
When Live Oak High’s Paul Huber competed in the Blossom Valley League Golf Championships at Santa Teresa Golf Club on April 29, he wasn’t just playing for himself—he was playing for his school and his country.
“It was very important for me to represent my...
Gus Giba, Ashley Brink among Live Oak 2021-2022 Athletes of the Year
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...
Live Oak football settles for share of BVAL Mount Hamilton Division title; now hosts Soledad in CCS Division III playoffs
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...
