The Acorn's 2008 Basketball Playoff Preview
It's postseason basketball time and we've got all the local hardwood teams covered. Read below to see which schools have a shot at CIF-Southern Section glory.
      Boys Agoura Chargers Marmonte League No. 3 (tie) Season record: 16-10, 9-5 league Division IAA Impact player: Ben Ricard First-round opponent: Loyola, Mission League No. 1 Outlook: Of Agoura's five Marmonte League defeats, four came to Simi Valley and Thousand Oaks, both of whom are perennial area powerhouses. AHS lost once to Westlake.
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Time has come for Chargers to defend CIF crown
AHS girls' water polo team enters postseason without its top player
By Thomas Gase tgase@theacorn.com
      Winning a championship is always tough. Repeating is even more difficult. When the Agoura High girls' water polo team begins its quest to defend its CIFSouthern Section Division II title today at home against Ventura, they'll be doing it without one of their best players, senior Casey Flacks.
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Playoffs reach the pitch
By Thomas Gase tgase@theacorn.com
      High school postseason soccer has come to the Conejo Valley. Does your favorite team have what it takes to claim a CIF ring? We're about to find out. Girls' soccer Oaks Christian has been CIF co-champions four of the last five years.
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Preseason polls released for spring sports
      The sun's been shining bright, so the spring season for high school sports in the CIFSouthern Section must be just around the corner. Earlier this week, preseason polls were released for baseball, softball and boys' volleyball. Several area teams made the initial lists.
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FOR THE RECORD
      Agoura High's Pascal Combes-Knoke pinned Royal's Logan Sandoval in the 173pound division at the Marmonte League Wrestling Finals, not the other way around, as reported. The Acorn 's sports department apologizes to CombesKnoke and the AHS wrestling team for the error.
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