Sports

As long as Derek Jensen is the coach of the Gavilan College men’s basketball program, the Rams should be in good shape.  Like his predecessor and brother, Dallas, who went on to become the coach at College of the Sequoias, Derek has shown to be...

Maddie Vasquez literally grew up on the local soccer fields including the one at Live Oak High, where her dad, Tony, is the longtime girls soccer coach. Whenever Tony was coaching a game, Maddie was there, running on the field and kicking the ball...

Kiefer Nguyen may not be the most talented player on the Oakwood High boys basketball team, but he’s definitely one of the most valuable.  “I’ve got bigger kids and better athletes, but I can’t take Kiefer off the floor because he shoots the ball so...

In the formative years for a kid playing sports, being substantially taller than everyone else doesn’t necessarily equate to an advantage.  Just ask Ethan Marmie. The 6-foot-7 Sobrato High junior forward had his fair share of growing pains as it took a while for him...

Armed with athleticism, length and a hyper-competitive drive, Sobrato High sophomore Briana Bouton reflects what the team aims to bring every game: a tenaciousness from start to finish.  All of Bouton’s skills were on display in the Bulldogs’ 69-12 win over crosstown rival Live Oak...

Trey Bringuel was an eighth-grader when he first attended the Charlie Wedemeyer All-Star Game, and to this day he remembers thinking one thing.  “I thought it would be cool if I could play in the game one day,” he said.  The Sobrato High senior is going...

At the midway point of the Blossom Valley League’s West Valley Division season, the Sobrato High boys soccer team has become the odds-on favorite to win the championship and earn just its second Central Coast Section playoff berth in program history.  The Bulldogs (13-0-1 overall,...

The Live Oak High wrestling team has been in contention for a league championship the last couple of years, and coach Sean Kelly is confident the Acorns will be in the same position again this season.  The competition in the Blossom Valley League’s Santa Teresa...

Even with an outstanding 13-1 start, the Oakwood High boys basketball team said it hasn’t come close to reaching its potential yet.  “There is a way to go to hit that ceiling,” longtime Hawks coach Kort Jensen said. “That’s why we’re trying to think outside...

The recent Covid surge has led to mass cancellations for winter high school sports teams throughout the state.  Teams in Santa Clara and San Benito County have been hit particularly hard this week as several teams couldn’t play their scheduled games due to positive tests...