Live Oak wrestling on the mat to win BVAL Santa Teresa East Division title
The 2022-2023 Live Oak High wrestling team is on track to go down as one of the program’s best in recent memory.
The Acorns are coming off a strong performance in the Jim Root Memorial tournament Jan. 13-14 at Prospect High, finishing third behind De...
Host an international student through Oakwood School and Green Planet
Are you interested in meeting people from other countries? Do you want to make a lasting impact on the life of an international student and make a friend for life? Do you have a spare bedroom and live in the Morgan Hill/Gilroy area? Then Green Planet’s homestay program in partnership with Oakwood School want you to consider hosting an international student this fall.Through our partnership with Morgan Hill’s Oakwood High School, gphomestay is offering this opportunity to nurturing, qualified families in the surrounding area, according to a press release. The program is currently looking for host families for fall 2015.To offset the costs of hosting a student, families will be provided with a $1,300 monthly stipend. Families also have access to ongoing local support. Students arrive with their own insurance and spending money.The partnership also offers a $300 referral bonus for any approved host family that lists your name as their source of referral on their application, the press release states.You can begin the process of becoming a host by completing an online inquiry form atgphomestay.com. For more information, please email [email protected] or call (781) 996-0429.
Oakwood boys basketball team looks to youth to aid vets
Youssef Eshra had 21 points and Ekene Success had 12 points in Oakwood’s Sportsmanship game against Sobrato Monday.
Sobrato football team breaks through in a big way
Nate Ortiz couldn’t believe what he was seeing. His teammate had just returned a kickoff 21 yards before fumbling the ball away.
Ortiz, who was hustling to deliver a block downfield, alertly scooped it up and was gone, going 58 yards for a touchdown. Ortiz...
Sobrato High football team wins 3rd straight
Things were looking bleak for the Sobrato High football team. Having led all game, the Bulldogs suddenly found themselves trailing for the first time when Prospect High scored at the end of the third quarter.
Spirits were down and bewildered, melancholic faces littered the sideline....
Oakwood High building a fast swim team, one lap at a time
The Oakwood High swim program had its best season in team history, having just completed its seventh season as a program.
Co-coaches Jaime Tompkins and Van Weltchek were thrilled with this year’s seven-member group, the largest in school history. In 2022, the Hawks had four...
Sobrato High girls basketball team rebounds from tough spring season
Two seasons ago, the Sobrato High girls basketball team went to play at Soledad High and got blasted, 65-30.
“We finished with three players after several fouled out, and they pressed us the whole time,” Bulldogs coach Erica Wallace said.
Fast forward to Dec. 14, and...
Sobrato baseball team falls in CCS, but has a bright future
The Sobrato High baseball team saw its season come to an end on Wednesday in a 2-1 loss to Pacific Grove in a Central Coast Section Division V playoff semifinal. The No. 2 seed Bulldogs finished 15-7, which included a Blossom Valley League Santa...
Slow start costs Live Oak
On the penultimate play of the third quarter, after watching his defensive back Mason Pena deliver a thundering hit, Christopher High coach Tim Pierleoni said, “The defense is playing like their hair is on fire.” And that pretty much summed up the Cougars’ 17-7...
