The Acorn’s High School Football Game of the Week
By Eliav Appelbaum eliav@theacorn.com Football isn’t easy.It’s not strolling through Central Park with Mick Jagger or talking with tigers in Lincoln Park Zoo. It’s certainly no Sunday Funday with the...
View ArticleThe dynamic duo
By Jonathan Andrade jandrade@theacorn.com Danielle Gould and Amanda Kristensen handle stress better than anybody.Superstar quarterback Tom Brady might be able to put together a game-winning drive in...
View ArticleScary good time
By Jonathan Andrade jandrade@theacorn.com [img_assist|nid=152997|title=|desc= FORGE A PATH—Local girls run at last weekend’s Ventura County Cross Country Championships in Ojai.read more
View ArticleGuess who’s coming to Westlake?
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SHOWDOWN By Jonathan Andrade jandrade@theacorn.com Will it be cheers or jeers that greet Jim Benkert when he makes his much-anticipated return Friday to Westlake High, the place...
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By Eliav Appelbaum eliav@theacorn.com Oak Park High football players broke the first huddle of practice this week with two words.“Beat Agoura!”Down the street, Agoura players floated on stratocumulus...
View ArticlePlayoff action heats up for fall sports teams
Fall playoffs are heating up this week.La Reina High, the CIF-Southern Section Division 4AA’s top-ranked girls’ volleyball team, made quick work of CAMS in the opening round of the playoffs. The...
View ArticleBrown runs wild
GIRLS’ CROSS COUNTRY By Jonathan Andrade jandrade@theacorn.com [img_assist|nid=153243|title=|desc= BORN TO RUN—Janiah Brown is a freshman runner for the Calabasas High girls’cross country team. Brown...
View ArticleCoyotes’ season ends in first round of CIF playoffs
BUMP AND RUN—Evan Pearl and the Calabasas High girls’ volleyball team lost in the first round of the CIF-Southern Section Division read more
View ArticleSuper symmetry
By Eliav Appelbaum eliav@theacorn.com [img_assist|nid=153236|title=|desc= IN A GROOVE—Westlake High girls’ volleyball players, from left, Kennedy Copeland, April Ball and Natalie Anselmo smile during...
View ArticleLions, Benkert sack Warriors
By Jonathan Andrade jandrade@theacorn.com Jim Benkert stood victorious last weekend on the Westlake High football field, as he did so many times in his 26 years leading the Warriors.This time was...
View ArticleLook up, it’s crowded at the top
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS By Eliav Appelbaum eliav@theacorn.com Unfurl the pigs in blankets. Toss the tinder into the barbecue pit.read more
View ArticleWarriors go 28-0 on volleyball court
A PERFECT SEASON—The Westlake High junior varsity girls’ volleyball team finished this season with a 28-0 record. It’s the first time a Westlake girls’ volleyball team at any level has gone undefeated...
View ArticleAgoura meet set for Dec. 5
The Agoura All-Comers meet for track and field and cross country will start at 8 a.m., Sat., Dec. 5 at AHS.All athletes, from youth, prep and adult, compete unattached. The cost to compete is $5 per...
View ArticleAchtung baby
By Jonathan Andrade jandrade@theacorn.com Hayden Galvin lives, eats and breathes football—unless he’s playing video games.The Oaks Christian High senior would rather pick up the sticks and play as...
View ArticleCharger football team soars to perfect season
GRIDIRON GREATS—The Agoura High junior varsity football team punctuated a perfect 10-0 season with a 48-0 win against Oak Park on Nov. 6. The Chargers won the Canyon League championship. read more
View ArticleCalabasas stars sign scholarships
HOWL—Calabasas High celebrated signing day with three student-athletes.read more
View ArticleHightower stands tall for Coyotes
By Jonathan Andrade jandrade@theacorn.com [img_assist|nid=153635|title=|desc= HARD TO BRING DOWN—Calabasas High football wide receiver Brian Hightower, right, escapes a tackle by Camarillo’s Frankie...
View ArticleGet to know Michael Jones
Michael Jones, 17, is a senior captain for the Viewpoint High football team. The cornerback and wide receiver helped the Patriots win their first 11-man football playoff game Nov.read more
View ArticleJones’ pick-six helps Patriots make history
By Eliav Appelbaum eliav@theacorn.com Michael Jones sat out his first five games of last season after transferring schools.He practiced with the scout team, waiting for a chance to lace up his cleats...
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