Sobrato High School

With over 2,000 people in attendance to watch host Live Oak beat Sobrato 41-20 in the much-anticipated return of the El Toro Bowl on Sept. 23, Bulldogs coach Joel Rueda might have summed up the mood best afterward.  “It was Live Oak over Sobrato, but...

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...

Defense was the name of the game when the Gilroy and Sobrato football teams squared off on Sept. 17. Though the host Mustangs came away with a 27-14 win, the result was closer than the score indicated. Gilroy’s defensive line was unstoppable, breaking through to...

After playing a tough Alisal High team in its season-opener, the Sobrato High football team was prepared for its Week Two contest against a struggling Andrew Hill High squad.  Struggling would be an understatement, as Andrew Hill was coming off a 77-0 loss to Gunderson...

After winning three consecutive Blossom Valley Athletic League Santa Teresa South Division championships—culminating in a 10-0 division mark last year—it was only fitting that the Sobrato High girls volleyball team got promoted to the league’s premier Mount Hamilton Division this season.  The Bulldogs competed in...

It’s difficult for a high school football program to have sustained success if the coaching staff turns over every couple of years.  Sobrato High has had its fair share of football coaching changes recently which makes the hiring of Joel Rueda a vital one. In...

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...

Shane Callison won’t soon forget the penultimate game of his high school baseball career. The soon to be Sobrato High graduate scored the winning run in the Bulldogs’ 5-4, eight-inning walk-off win over Branham High on May 13.  Callison was hit by a pitch, advanced...

Four high school baseball teams in the Weeklys South Valley coverage area—Christopher, Live Oak, San Benito and Sobrato—found out where they were placed after the Central Coast Section seeding meeting on May 18.  All opening round/quarterfinal games take place Saturday. Live Oak (18-8), the Blossom...

The future is now for the Sobrato High girls swim and dive team. Nowhere was that more apparent than what the Bulldogs brought to the Central Coast Section Championships May 6-7 at the Santa Clara International Swim Center.  Freshman sensation Zoe Childers was one of...