High School Sports

Sobrato High tweaked the defenses and utilized offensive bursts from Vince Madriaga and Trey Miller to rally past Lynbrook 53-48 in a Central Coast Section Division II opener Feb. 16. The victory prompted a big celebration from the Bulldogs’ bench in the final seconds...

After three rough losses to open the season, Live Oak High School girls soccer regrouped and got rolling. The Acorns were basically in every game, even against powers like Valley Christian and Gilroy. Yet it was a bit of an up and down campaign. “Overall...

Football, fun, rain and more competition than usual in an all-star game. That was the story for many local gridiron seniors on Feb. 3, in the 49th annual Charlie Wedemeyer Game at Los Gatos High.  Athletes from Gilroy, Christopher, Live Oak and Sobrato filled out...

Sobrato boys basketball coach Sean Tate is looking for his team to put together four great consecutive quarters.  It’s happening more and more often, yet sometimes they’ll still need at least four-and-a-half good quarters to get the job done. The Bulldogs played a complete game to...

One may not know of Sobrato High senior Katherine Lim or the sport of high school diving, but diving is an essential part of every swim meet throughout the season.  And Lim’s accomplishments with the Bulldogs are among the most phenomenal ever recorded in the...

Sobrato High soccer star Chloe Brown officially committed to play at the next level after signing an NCAA Division I National Letter of Intent to play in college at Pepperdine University this coming fall. The standout senior defender has competed on the Bulldogs’ girls varsity...

A different league challenge looms this year for the Live Oak High girls’ basketball team, but the defense is in mid-season form and the offense has shown sparks of potential. After reaching the second round of last year’s Central Coast Section Division III playoffs, the...

Sobrato girls basketball is coming off two productive seasons in which they qualified for the post-season playoffs. A young Bulldogs squad is off to a good start this year, with a new challenge lying ahead as they have been shifted up one level to...

A back-and-forth donnybrook between rivals Live Oak and Christopher came down to the last play with four seconds remaining on the clock.  And it was the Acorns’ defense that made its third straight stand to hold the Cougars out of the end zone and preserve...

Sobrato High senior Noah Taylor is knocking down both school rushing records and opposing ball carriers as a two-way star for the Bulldogs’ football team.  The 6-foot-1, 195-pound stud running back ranks first in rushing yards in the Central Coast Section, third in the state...