Sports

For going on 30 years, Live Oak High School has opened its doors to give the youth of South County a place to go to stay active and experience the joy of sport.

HOLLISTER—Billy Jurevich doesn’t take as many risks as he used too. After all, the 30-year-old part-time motocross racer has a wife—his high school sweetheart, Kristen—and he’s also a Morgan Hill police officer.

Morgan Hill got a taste of the Olympic spirit Thursday morning when the Special Olympics Flame of Hope made a stop at the Community and Cultural Center.

Morgan Hill’s Freedom Fest Fun Run hosted a record turnout for its annual race, which for the first time was a sanctioned US Track and Field 5K race.

Life sometimes requires you to trust someone and occasionally, to take a leap of faith.

Giovanna Cimino was deciding between a few colleges that were interested in her playing field hockey for them starting in the fall.

Are you interested in meeting people from other countries? Do you want to make a lasting impact on the life of an international student and make a friend for life? Do you have a spare bedroom and live in the Morgan Hill/Gilroy area? Then Green Planet’s homestay program in partnership with Oakwood School want you to consider hosting an international student this fall.Through our partnership with Morgan Hill’s Oakwood High School, gphomestay is offering this opportunity to nurturing, qualified families in the surrounding area, according to a press release. The program is currently looking for host families for fall 2015.To offset the costs of hosting a student, families will be provided with a $1,300 monthly stipend. Families also have access to ongoing local support. Students arrive with their own insurance and spending money.The partnership also offers a $300 referral bonus for any approved host family that lists your name as their source of referral on their application, the press release states.You can begin the process of becoming a host by completing an online inquiry form atgphomestay.com.  For more information, please email [email protected] or call (781) 996-0429.  

GILROY—Only one baseball player in Northern California gets the honor of being called the Player of the Year, and that player is Gavilan College pitcher Erik Barron.