High School Sports

The Sobrato High boys and girls water polo teams might as well be called the Road Warriors this season.  Due to lingering issues at their home pool, the Bulldogs won’t have a single home match this year. While it’s far from an ideal situation, neither...

The 2018 season was one to forget for the Sobrato High boys volleyball team. The Bulldogs didn’t win a single match and finished 0-12 in the Blossom Valley League’s Mount Hamilton Division. It was an even tougher year for Jared Raab, who couldn’t play...

The Live Oak High girls lacrosse program was ready to make its debut in the 2020 season. But then Covid-19 hit, and the Acorns had to wait until 2021 to play their first official match. Even though the Acorns didn’t win a game—they finished...

A track meet broke out between the Sobrato High and Saratoga High boys basketball teams on Tuesday night.  Turns out, a fast, up and down game fits right into the Bulldogs’ wheelhouse. Sobrato’s highly entertaining 78-74 win means it has advanced to the semifinals for...

For the first time since Jubenal Rodriguez took over as the Sobrato High football coach, the Bulldogs have strung together back-to-back victories.  As such, one can’t blame the Bulldogs for being on a high after they came away with an impressive 22-14 win over Branham...

Whenever the Live Oak High field hockey team comes to play at Sobrato High, the Acorns know they’re in for a challenge. Sobrato is one of the few schools that play on natural grass and not turf. As a result, balls tend to take trickier...

When Sam Parish and Bella Romani signed their letter of intents and returned it back to their future colleges—Santa Clara University for Parish and Dominican University for Romani—they felt a swirl of emotions, ranging from euphoria to joy to exhilaration. The Sobrato High seniors...

"Incredibly shocked." That's how Noah Lee described the state of the Sobrato boys water polo team's predicament at halftime of last Saturday's Central Coast Section Division II playoff quarterfinal match against Christopher at Santa Teresa High in San Jose. Given that the Bulldogs had...

Aziza Calvert admits she can overanalyze things at times, which makes her anxious at certain points in a match. So when Sobrato High girls water polo coach Scott Jackson told her she was going to take the penalty shot that could decide the outcome...

The Live Oak and Sobrato baseball teams were set to have their best seasons in recent memory when the coronavirus pandemic hit the U.S. With the high school spring sports season suspended until at least April 13, there is a distinct possibility that the...