Miramonte girls find their magic and roll to their eighth NCS...
It all paid off in the end. For most of the year, there were only seven players. Of those seven,...
Miramonte athletes are gearing up for a spring full of sports
It may not officially be spring until March 20, but don’t tell that to the hundreds of Miramonte athletes who’ve been practicing...
Miramonte’s soccer teams combine camaraderie and on-field success
The crowd stormed the field at Lamorinda Soccer Day. With tacos in hand and packed crowds lining the bleachers, Miramonte High School’s...
Wrestlers, basketball players look forward to a postseason push
The bounce of basketballs and the thumps of bodies hitting wrestling mats are the sound track for the winter indoor sports’ season...
Miramonte’s Unified Sports expands athletic access, creates connection
Unified Sports has become a meaningful and visible part of life at Miramonte High School, offering students in the Essential Skills Program...
Nationally ranked boys’ water polo headlines impressive fall season
It’s not often a season ends with the fourth-string quarterback playing in a championship game, but that was just part of the...
Game On – January 2026
An epic four-quarterback season is worth celebrating
Peering over the foam atop my pint of Guinness at the Fourth Bore play off watch...
From Miramonte to Saint Mary’s: Lathrop steps into division I role
(Mark Bell, Photographer)James Lathrop, longtime Miramonte boys’ water polo coach and newly hired men’s coach at Saint Mary’s College, steps into his next chapter...
Upgraded lighting at Wilder will actually cost the city less
Coming out of the Caldecott Tunnel and heading to Orinda, the bright lights on Wilder Fields illuminate both the young athletes working on...
11 Miramonte athletes plan to keep on playing in college
Eleven Miramonte seniors announced their athletic commitments last month, with destinations including Stanford, UCLA, North Carolina and the Naval Academy. Some of these...
Volleyball’s NorCal return is just one autumn highlight
Led by a rejuvenated girls’ volleyball team, Miramonte’s fall sports season had plenty of success – and at The Orinda News deadline, five...
Steve Hammond will be the Matadors’ new baseball coach
Despite playing professional baseball internationally (in China, Japan and Mexico) and all over the United States, the new Miramonte baseball coach has...
Miramonte athletes have a busy winter season on the court, mat...
Most of the action moves indoors for the winter sports season – though soccer players, parents and fans will be found shivering...
Miramonte’s football postseason threatened by mid-season rule change
There will be 56 football teams in the North Coast Section playoffs, and even though the MaxPreps’ computer ranks Miramonte 22nd, the...
The Friday night lights will shine brighter on Oct. 24
As the culmination of the 70th anniversary of Miramonte’s first year, the 7 p.m. October Homecoming game against Las Lomas is expected...
Saint Mary’s men look to repeat; women hoping to take a...
Though it’s unclear how a middle-class athletic program like Saint Mary’s will fit in the cutthroat new world of college sports, that’s...
A very special Homecoming highlights Miramonte’s challenging DAL season
After easily handling some pop quizzes in preseason, the on-the-rise Miramonte football program will face much more challenging tests this month when...
Preseason football schedule should prepare team for league challenges
Though the games that people remember are the games late in the season – against Campolindo, say, or in the playoffs –...
There’s a lot more to fall sports than just Friday football...
Lost in the glare of football, other fall sports can find it hard to emerge from the shadows, but there are many...
Miramonte looking to build on Nick Safir’s successful first year
Nick Safir’s first year as Miramonte’s head football coach was highlighted by two wins in the North Coast Section playoffs – but...
