High schools set to battle for skateboarding supremacy
By Stephen Dorman sdorman@theacorn.com
      Skateboarding is not a crime. Of course, it's never been much of a team sport, either. One local man, however, is trying to change the way skateboarding is perceived at the high school level. Jeff Stern, a 38-year-old father of three who grew up in Westlake Village and now resides in Thousand Oaks, has started the California High School Skateboard Club.
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CHS boys' tennis team doesn't rebuild, it reloads
Coyotes aiming for fifth consecutive league title
By Thomas Gase tgase@theacorn.com
      According to head coach Kim Kinberg and assistant coach Cleo Harper, the 2007 season is a transitional one for the Calabasas boys' tennis team. Still, the Coyotes don't seem to know how to lose. Since joining the Marmonte League five years ago, Calabasas has won the league title every season.
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Coyotes finish second in Arizona tourney
     THEY'RE A HIT- The Coyotes U-11 travel baseball team, which includes players from Westlake and Thousand Oaks, finished in second place at the Triple Crown Sports Championship tournament in Phoenix, Ariz. Pictured in the front row from left to right are: Matthew Goldberg, Jamie Sullivan, Nick Jelinek, Chad Donley, Taylor Woodall, Nick Dallas, Zak Daniels and Luke Dykstra. Second row: Coach Bill Dallas, coach Scott Lin, Nick Noack, Ryan Lin, Andy Sondreaal, Spencer Vogelbach and coach Paul Noack.
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OCHS continues its domination
Lion boys' volleyball team ranked No. 1 in Division IV
By Thomas Gase tgase@theacorn.com
      A year after winning the CIFSouthern Section Division IV championship, the Oaks Christian boys' volleyball team has shown no signs of a letdown. Although last year's top players Alex Walker and Brendan Skinner are gone after graduating, the Lions began the season ranked No. 1 in their division.
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The Acorn's National League West preseason showdown
Sportswriters Thomas Gase and Stephen Dorman debate which team will win the pennant
      I am scared to death of the next Friday the 13th, which happens to be coming this April. You see, my co-worker is Steve Dorman, and on April 13 his beloved San Diego Padres will officially be out of the National League West race when they play the Los Angeles Dodgers for the first time. From then on out, Dorman will probably be angrier than the Incredible Hulk on steroids.
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