Sports

Abby Paulson and Sofia Barreras simply enjoy being out on a good run. When they finish 1-2 in a cross country race—as was the case in a Blossom Valley League meet on Oct. 13—it makes their experience all the more rewarding.  “What I like about...

Although the Sobrato High girls tennis team has struggled to win matches in the Blossom Valley League’s Mount Hamilton Division this season, coach Rich Braen said the Bulldogs continually improve and show they belong with all the top teams. “We’re hanging right in there, girls...

Playing without standout quarterback Xavier Catano, the Live Oak High football team got off to a slow start in a 27-6 win over Overfelt on Oct. 15. The heavily favored Acorns led just 7-0 at halftime and 14-6 after three quarters before outscoring the...

The Live Oak and Sobrato football teams both won their most recent games in blowout fashion. The Acorns rolled to a 38-7 win over Silver Creek on Oct. 7, while the Bulldogs overwhelmed Willow Glen 36-6 two days later.  After losing its first two games...

The three-peat looks like a formality for the Sobrato High girls volleyball team. The Bulldogs  took another step closer to that reality after sweeping crosstown rival Live Oak High on Oct. 7 in a Blossom Valley League Santa Teresa South Division contest. Game scores were...

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....

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...

After longtime women’s volleyball coach Kevin Kramer left Gavilan College to become the athletic director at Chabot College in 2018, Tyson Norton assumed the responsibilities for the 2019 season.  But Norton was gone after just one season, taking a job as an assistant coach at...

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...

There used to be a time when Oak Grove High was a thorn on the side of the Live Oak High football team—and the rest of the Blossom Valley Athletic League for that matter. But that is no longer the case.  With a 34-0 drubbing...