Acorns focus on process, and wins will come
After starting the season at 6-0, the Live Oak High girls basketball team ran into a buzzsaw in Leland High last Saturday, dropping a 57-25 contest. The result did nothing to take away from the Acorns' hot start; rather, it showed Leland's superiority and...
Gavilan on cusp of making history
If the Gavilan College men’s basketball team can win its season-finale against San Jose City College on Friday, it will clinch its first conference championship since 1969 and just the second in program history. The Rams (22-4 overall, 8-3 Coast Conference South) have an excellent chance of doing just that, as they have already beaten San Jose City two times this season.
Despite loss, Oakwood still has plenty to be excited about
On the inbound play to start the second half, Owen McCarry came up with a steal before dribbling the length of the floor and making a nifty behind the back pass to Duncan Ellis, who scored an uncontested layup. The play summed up Christopher...
Oakwood boys hoops as solid as ever
Playing perhaps its most lackluster half of the season, the Oakwood High boys basketball team went into the halftime break trailing by 10 points to the same King City team that it had already lost to twice earlier in the season by a combined...
Live Oak football looks to coalesce as it gears up for another run at a league title
Longtime Live Oak High football coach Mike Gemo acknowledged the talent on this year’s team is as good as any the Acorns have had in the last five years.
However, the talent has to jell for Live Oak to win a league championship.
“We just have...
Oakwood spring sports teams thrive
What the Oakwood High swimming and track and field teams lack in facilities and numbers, they make up for with hard work and talent. One has to look no further than sophomore Annie Rickard, who is one of just two—yes, two—athletes that make up the swim team (freshman Brendon Tompkins is the other).
Sobrato a team on the upswing
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...
Nyla Valencia signs with Iowa, continues goal of making Olympics
Nyla Valencia’s visit to the University of Iowa was the stuff dreams were made of.
And it was packaged into a mini movie, courtesy of Nyla’s dad, Joel. A Sobrato High senior, Nyla signed her national letter of intent on Feb. 8 to become a...
Veteran trades uniform for Gavilan pads
For
soldiers in Army green, unless they're career military professionals,
there's life after the military. There's life after football too.
Gavilan
College two-way starter Branden Garcia is a seven-year Army veteran,
and now that he’s out of the service, he’s working on his post-military
dreams: an education and...
Live Oak baseball team routs Sobrato
Less than 24 hours after a riveting one-run win over Willow Glen in 11 innings, the Live Oak baseball team wasn’t in the mood to go extra innings again. So on Friday, they made sure to end things early. Displaying superiority in every phase...














