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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...

Gilroy has not been forgotten. That's been evident by the continued support from the various Bay Area professional sports teams. Three weeks after the San Jose Sharks made an appearance in Gilroy to raise funds for the Gilroy Foundation—they raised $42,000 in fact—to help...

Sobrato High field hockey coach Madeline Peterson has seen the game grow from the time she played at Christopher High, which wasn't that long ago.  "You can go to Dick's Sporting Goods store and they have field hockey equipment," she said. "When I played, they...

It's been a frustrating season for the Sobrato High football team—not in terms of its won-loss record—but in the fact that the Bulldogs have played only one game through the first three weeks of the season. Sobrato (1-0) hosts Mount Pleasant on Saturday at...

Optimism runs in Daniel Clifton's blood. How else to explain the fact that the Sobrato High girls volleyball coach went on record saying this year's team has what it takes to win a Central Coast Section playoff championship. Bold words in regards to a...

Gena Gonzales was a student at Chico State University when the San Jose Sharks were playing their inaugural season at the Cow Palace in Daly City in 1991-1992.  "We were watching the first game on this fuzzy little TV, just sweating," said Gonzales, who with...

High school football coaches want their teams to play hard and play fast. That's exactly what Live Oak High did in its 30-7 win over visiting Christopher High last Friday. The Acorns ran their record to 2-0 by running all over the Cougars to...

The Ghost is back. Last November, Robert "The Ghost" Guerrero released a statement that he was coming out of retirement to resume his boxing career. Out of action for 18 months, the lifelong Gilroy resident has gone 2-0 in his second act and fights...

Sobrato High has one mission for the 2019 season: to prove it belongs in the Blossom Valley League's Santa Teresa Division. The Bulldogs got bumped up from the lower West Valley Division after a couple of strong seasons in the BVAL's lowest division, including...

A little over three weeks before the season opener, Live Oak coach Mike Gemo pulled Caleb Ojeda aside and told him, 'You're a full-time QB now.' The 5-foot-10, 167-pound junior was stunned with the news, having practiced as a receiver at different football camps...