The Acorn's High School Football Game of the Week
Agoura Chargers (5-3) at Westlake Warriors (5-3) Friday, 7 p.m.
By Thomas Gase tgase@theacorn.com
      Fans attending Friday's football game between Agoura and Westlake high schools expect to see a well-played contest by two teams fighting for a Marmonte League title. If history tells us anything, they can also expect to relive the spirit of Rod Serling.
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Weekend schedule
      Royal at Calabasas Friday, 7 p.m. Thousand Oaks at Simi Valley Friday, 7 p.m. Santa Paula at Oak Park Friday, 7:30 p.m. Oaks Christian at Nordhoff Friday, 7:30 p.m. Viewpoint at Chadwick Saturday, 3 p.m.
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Marmonte standings
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Tri-Valley standings
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Other local football matchups
      OCHS (5-3) at Nordhoff (5-2-1) Outlook: This game got a lot more interesting when Nordhoff won at Oak Park last week. Now, with a victory Friday night, Oaks Christian can creep right back into the race for the Tri-Valley League championship.
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Last week's top performers
      Jordan Mannisto, PK, Westlake: Mannisto's 50-yard bomb as the clock expired lifted WHS to a 17-14 victory over crosstown rival Thousand Oaks. Doug Shumway, QB, Agoura: Shumway did it on the ground and through the air against Royal last week. The senior signal-caller ran 21 times for...
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Mannisto lifts Warriors' spirits
Westlake football team dedicates last-second victory over TOHS to fallen friend Kevin Hames
By Stephen Dorman sdorman@theacorn.com
      Westlake High senior Jordan Mannisto called it the biggest kick of his career. Considering his resume, that's saying something. Mannisto's 50-yard field goal with no time remaining last Friday night helped lift Westlake (53, 4-1 in the Marmonte League) to a 17-14 victory at home over cros...
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Carpenter pushing all the right buttons for 8-0 ASU
      RUDY RISING- Former Newbury Park and Westlake quarterback Rudy Carpenter has 1,949 yards and 17 touchdowns this season at Arizona State. The No. 4 Sun Devils (8-0) travel to play No. 5 Oregon (7-1) Saturday at 6:40 p.m.
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One and done in Oxnard
Westlake, Agoura and Oaks Christian girls' golf teams can't advance at CIF divisional
By Stephen Dorman sdorman@theacorn.com
      Six area teams from the Marmonte and Tri-Valley leagues entered Monday's CIF-Southern Section Girls' Golf Northern Team Divisional at River Ridge Golf Club in Oxnard. Only one survived.
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Great day at the lake for OPHS runners
By Thomas Gase tgase@theacorn.com
      Last week firefighters put in a great deal of hard work to stop the flames around Southern California, therefore making it possible for the Ventura County Cross Country Championships to take place. Once the event got going, however, nobody could stop Oak Park High.
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