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Break on through
By Gilberto Manzano gmanzano@theacorn.com It was hard for the Coyotes to stay upbeat last winter when the losses piled up.The Calabasas High girls’ water polo team has plenty of incentive in the pool...
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New challenges await defending champs
By Gilberto Manzano gmanzano@theacorn.com Oak Park High’s boys’ basketball team has enjoyed a historic three-year run.The Eagles captured their first CIF-Southern Section championship last winter...
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Gold standard
By Eliav Appelbaum eliav@theacorn.com Every year, the Lions lose stars to college.Every year, rookies come in and rise to the challenge.Oaks Christian High’s girls’ soccer team sets the bar high every...
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Tip of the cap
By Eliav Appelbaum eliav@theacorn.com [img_assist|nid=142279|title=|desc= VICTORY IN ASUZA—Oak Park High point guard Cole Micek hoists the CIF-Southern Section Division 3A boys’ basketball...
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Captain clutch
By Jonathan Andrade jandrade@theacorn.com Kelsey Kimball has always been most comfortable in cleats and shin guards.The Westlake High senior started playing soccer at 5. Kimball, now 17, is a feisty...
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Streak survivors
By Eliav Appelbaum eliav@theacorn.com For a moment, the streak appeared in jeopardy.The Chargers were lethargic. They had no offensive rhythm. They staggered in the first half.Agoura High’s girls’...
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Oregon trail
By Jonathan Andrade jandrade@theacorn.com Connor Johnson thought he wouldn’t know anyone at Oregon when he walked on to the football team.Johnson, a former Oaks Christian High standout offensive...
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When afire starts to burn
By Eliav Appelbaum eliav@theacorn.com This isn’t a disco inferno.This isn’t a bonfire at Burning Man. This isn’t a wildfire of the wasteland or a blaze in a tropical ice land.read more
View ArticleBenkert leaving Westlake to become associate head coach at Oaks Christian
The first offseason coaching domino has fallen.Longtime Westlake High football head coach Jim Benkert, the winningest coach in Ventura County history, is leaving the Warriors to become associate head...
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Sahar shoots and scores
By Jonathan Andrade jandrade@theacorn.com Tal Sahar considered putting basketball in her past. Basketball is now a big part of her present and future.Sahar transferred to Calabasas High from Taft two...
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Warrior forever: Team honors Weiss
By Jonathan Andrade jandrade@theacorn.com Veronika Weiss loved the color purple.It was only fitting that Westlake High girls’ water polo players released purple balloons to remember Weiss, one of...
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Benkert leaves brilliant, flawed legacy at Westlake
By Eliav Appelbaum eliav@theacorn.com And with the first pick of the Westlake High Football Draft . . .Nothing is surprising or sacred, but last week’s Jim Benkertto Oaks Christian blockbuster was...
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Everything in its right place
By Eliav Appelbaum eliav@theacorn.com It’s finals week at Oak Park High.Students are inundated with tests, studying, stress and the end of the world as we don’t know it.For one day at girls’ soccer...
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On the move
By Jonathan Andrade jandrade@theacorn.com It’s easy to gauge a team by wins and losses. The Calabasas High boys’ basketball team’s record, for instance, is deceiving.The Coyotes (12-8 overall, 1-2 in...
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Raising Arizona: Pats, ’Hawks collide in desert
It’s simple. Defense wins championships. Appelbaum, a die-hard Chicago Bears supporter, should know the importance of a solid defensive unit, but perhaps Da Bears’ fans have forgotten what a real...
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