Olympian Drew Holland returns to his Miramonte water polo roots
A traditional story about Drew Holland would start like this: “It all began on the pool deck at Miramonte High School,...
Game On – August 2025
Who makes the mythical all-time all-Miramonte team?
A lot of Miramonte football has been played in 70 years, and picking out the best...
Ace Wright moves up to top spot for Miramonte girls’ basketball
Ace Wright has some big shoes to fill. The new girls’ basketball coach at Miramonte follows in the footsteps of Vince...
Milla Orbach makes second straight trip to California state track meet
Milla Orbach, just a junior at Miramonte, qualified for her second straight appearance at the state track meet with a 125-foot, five-inch...
Miramonte raising funds for pool upgrade
After upgrading the scoreboards on the football field and in the gym, the Miramonte Boosters’ Club is undertaking its most ambitious fundraising...
Miramonte claims first-ever NCS softball championship
There’s going to be a new banner in the Miramonte gym this fall. After literally decades of struggle, the Miramonte softball...
Miramonte names a pair of 2024-25 Athletes of the Year
Top girl: Julia Quinn Ferguson does it all In a time when focusing on one sport is the norm, Julia Quinn Ferguson took the...
Miramonte spring athletes are everywhere in NCS postseason
The long high school sports season is coming to a close, and though some North Coast Section and NorCal playoffs were still going...
OBA softball program under way
“We’re taking baby steps,” said Renee McKim, the Orinda Baseball Association (OBA) board member who’s heading up the group’s expansion into softball. “We’re...
Matadors prepare for postseason
The high school season wraps up in May, and though spring sports don’t quite get as much attention as football and basketball, there’s...
Vince Wirthman stepping down as Miramonte’s girls’ basketball coach
When Miramonte decided to hire long-time Orindan Vince Wirthman as its girls’ basketball head coach back in 2020, he was an unknown quantity....
Miramonte lacrosse makes a move
Even though new coach Jennifer Gray took over the program just a week before the season started, the Orinda resident has the girls’...
Baseball is here: OBA starts 41st season
The Orinda Baseball Association (OBA) kicked off its 41st season last month with a morning full of activities at Wagner Ranch – including...
Spring has Sprung, and High School Sports are Blooming
The spring sports smorgasbord at Miramonte has something for almost everybody, especially on the boys’ side. There are eight sports for boys on...
Ex-Mats’ Coach Kelly Sopak Gets 500 Wins
Though Orinda’s Kelly Sopak didn’t get the 500th win of his career at Miramonte, 304 of those victories came as the head coach...
Miramonte Girls Already Working On Strong Spring Sports Seasons
It may be February, but the high school sports’ calendar says it’s spring – and a quartet of Miramonte girls’ teams are already...
Game On – December 2024
“LET IT SNOW”
Not sure how many of our readers grew up as I did, mesmerized by the magic spell of pre-ski season films...
Game On – November 2024
WTH is NIL?
When Nick Saban, arguably the best college football coach in history, stated NIL as one of the main reasons he was...
Game On – October 2024
Past and Present Collide
On Oct. 4, this Friday night, under the big lights, the previous and longtime Matadors Head Football Coach, Jack Schram,...
Orinda First Grader Competes at World Golf Championships
When Asher Jaravata was four years old, he watched the Netflix golf documentary “The Short Game” with his dad, JJ Jaravata, and declared...
