Showcase showdown
By Stephen Dorman sdorman@theacorn.com
      Four Marmonte League baseball players in Area Code Games When Hall of Fame manager Tommy Lasorda shows up to watch a baseball game between high school teenagers, it's a pretty big deal. That was the case Monday afternoon at Blair Field in Long Beach, where Lasorda arrived for the third game of a triple-header at the Area Code Games.
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Fun is the name of the game for Sharks golf team
By Thomas Gase tgase@theacorn.com
      The late Rodney Dangerfield would've loved to play a round of golf with the Channel Islands Sharks. Dangerfield, who played the Al Czervik character who pulled a stereo out of his golf bag and blasted Kenny Loggins in the 1980 film "Caddyshack," would fit right in with the Sharks, a team playing in the fanfriendly National Golf League.
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Westlake's Krems cracks top 50
      Twelve-year-old Sivan Krems of Westlake Village competed in the United States Tennis Association's 12andunder Zone Team Championships in Tucson, Ariz., last month and won all five of her singles matches and all of her doubles matches.
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Free football combine this weekend at CHS
     JANN HENDRY/Acorn Newspapers MEN OF STEELE- Robert Steele, right, of Atomix Sports Performance in Agoura, demonstrates the "load up" position with Calabasas High junior Justin Cudworth, 16, during a clinic on the school's new FieldTurf surface last weekend. This Saturday, Atomix Sports Performance will team-up with Nike SPARQ to offer a free clinic for high school football players at Calabasas. An acronym for Speed Power Agility Reaction and Quickness, SPARQ's tests measure the athletic performance of individual players. Athletes must check in between 8 and 9:30 a.m. For more information, visit www.atomixathletes.com or call (818) 636-5676.
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