Meet the Chargers' not-so-secret weapon
Senior Taylor Lord has helped revitalize the Agoura girls' basketball team
By Thomas Gase tgase@theacorn.com
      The secret is out- Agoura High senior Taylor Lord is a pretty good basketball player. In her first year on the varsity squad last season, the 6foot forward/center averaged 16.7 points and 11 rebounds per game for the Chargers. With stats like that, Lord's coach doesn't expect her to fall un...
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Ventura County Fusion holding tryouts
      The Ventura County Fusion, a Premier Development League team from the United Soccer League, will soon hold its opening round of tryouts for the 2008 season. Three tryout sessions will take place at the Ventura College SportsPlex at 4667 Telegraph Road in Ventura.
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Drive for five
Oaks Christian football team to play for fifth consecutive CIF-SS title
By Stephen Dorman sdorman@theacorn.com
      Oaks Christian is on the verge of history- again. Earlier this season, the Lions won their 48th consecutive game, setting the record for the longest winning streak in CIF-Southern Section history, according to CalHiSports.com.
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Oak Park players make no excuses, walk away with their heads held high
By Stephen Dorman sdorman@theacorn.com
      Sean Westgate wasn't interested in the "what if" game. Westgate, the Oak Park High senior linebacker, had just suf fered his third postseason loss to Oaks Christian in four years, a frustrating 34-0 whitewashing last Friday night at OCHS in the CIFSouthern Section Northwest Division se...
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CVU team reaches perfection on the pitch
     PERFECT SEASON- The Conejo Valley United U-13 soccer club completed a 14-0 season in the Coast Soccer League, winning the division title. The team scored 68 goals and allowed only 10. Team members are from Agoura, Oak Park, Thousand Oaks, Moorpark and Simi Valley. Pictured in the front row from l...
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Big Wednesday
As huge waves crush coast, surfers rush to the beach
By Stephen Dorman sdorman@theacorn.com
      By Monday, ocean buoys off the California coast had climbed to 30 feet, an extremely large number, no matter the season for surfing. "We only usually see this every few years, if that," said Nathan Cool, chief forecaster for Wetsand.com and a Newbury Park resident. "This is a ra...
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Home-schooled hoops players sought
      Liberty Christian Academy is announcing the start of its 2008 basketball season for boys in the ninth grade (13 or 14 years old). LCA will play against other home school and Christian teams in the area and will also compete in seasonal tournaments.
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