High School Sports

Through the team’s first nine games—in which it went 6-3—the Live Oak High girls basketball team went 0-3 against A-league teams and a perfect 6-0 against B-league squads. Acorns coach Mike Kiefer set up a tough schedule, knowing it would prime the team for...

Xavier Catano isn’t left speechless often but when NFL legend Ronnie Lott asked him an impromptu question during the banquet three days before the Charlie Wedemeyer All-Star Football Game, the Live Oak High senior was at a loss for words.  “I ain’t gonna lie, he...

A historic 2022-2023 season for the Oakwood High boys basketball team ended with consecutive defeats, something that never happened until the playoffs.  First, it was a 68-45 loss to Woodside Priory in the Central Coast Section Division V championship game Feb. 25 at Santa Clara...

It’s been quite a roller coaster ride for the Sobrato High girls basketball team this season. Through it all, the Bulldogs have persevered and are off and running—literally. Sobrato (6-1) plays an up tempo style on offense and brings the heat defensively, which was on...

Gavin Herr literally eats, breathes and sleeps lacrosse.  If he’s not coaching the sport, he’s refereeing games. If he’s not refereeing matches, he’s flying to different parts of the U.S. to play in tournaments. And if Herr isn’t doing any of those things, he’s either...

It was a season to remember for the Live Oak High boys lacrosse team, which made program history by winning its first league championship and Central Coast Section playoff match.  The Acorns’ top highlight was no doubt their riveting 9-8 win over Mitty in their...

To say the 2021-2022 season was a tough one for Mike Kiefer would be an understatement.  The longtime Live Oak High girls basketball coach—this is his 19th year in the program and 13th as the varsity coach with a lot of success—endured a 4-17 season...

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...

Emily Lopez has come a long way since she started playing field hockey in her freshman year at Live Oak High. Now a senior and one of the Acorns’ captains, Lopez has worked hard to improve and become one of the team’s best all-around...