Sports

The Sobrato High girls volleyball team had already clinched the best record and repeated as the Blossom Valley League Santa Teresa South Division champions entering its season-finale match against crosstown rival Live Oak on Thursday.  But the Acorns prevented the Bulldogs from running the table...

The Gavilan College women’s volleyball team has been road warriors this season—literally. Due to the renovation of the school’s gym, the Rams haven’t had a place on campus to play or practice. Instead, Gavilan has been relegated to practice at Gilroy High’s auxiliary gym—read, not the main gym—while playing every match on the road.

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...

If Dustin Wolf continues on his upward trajectory, he would become the first South Valley-born player to make the National Hockey League. Talk about heady stuff. Born in Gilroy, Wolf moved to Southern California when he was 9 or 10 to pursue his dream of...

After struggling through the Covid spring season, the Sobrato High girls soccer team is aiming to return to the top of the Central Coast Section landscape.  The Bulldogs have had a nice five-year run, reaching the CCS Division II playoff title match in the 2016-2017...

After winning the Blossom Valley League West Valley Division championship two years ago and finishing second in the division last season, the Sobrato High football team earned a promotion to the Santa Teresa Division for the upcoming season. It's a rather big step up...

Like a blindside hit, Nathan Williams never saw it coming.  The Live Oak High senior was overwhelmed with emotion when he learned that he would be awarded the Dwight Clark Beyond Extraordinary Award during halftime in the 47th annual Charlie Wedemeyer All-Star Football Game on...

Viliame "Billy" Vuniwai hopes to lead the Sobrato High football team back to the Blossom Valley League West Valley Division championship. The Bulldogs, who won the division title two years ago and finished second last season, have Vuniwai as their new coach after Tony...

Gilroy native and professional ice hockey goalie Dustin Wolf was selected to his second straight American Hockey League All-Star team.  All-star events took place in early February and were particularly special for Wolf as the host city was San Jose, with the Skills Competition and...

Four Live Oak High student-athletes—Aidan Keenan, Landon Stump, Diego Castellanos and Kaitlyn Silva—signed their college letters of intent on Nov. 9, the first day of the early signing period for high school athletes in sports other than football.  The quartet gathered at the Live Oak...