Ten questions with Jason Stoffel
      During his playing days with the Agoura High baseball team, Jason Stoffel was one of the Marmonte League's most feared pitchers, a hardthrowing right-hander with pinpoint control and a competitive streak that was second to none.
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Redell, wife still recovering from crash
Couple hit by alleged drunk driver
By Stephen Dorman sdorman@theacorn.com
      Oaks Christian head football coach Bill Redell and his wife, Cheryl, continue to recover after being hit by an alleged drunk driver in West Covina on Dec. 30. According to Bill Redell, the couple had left Palm Desert and were traveling westbound on the 10 Freeway at approximately 10:...
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Oak Park's Rice commits to Purdue
      Julia Rice, a junior pitcher/ first baseman for the Oak Park High softball team, has made a verbal commitment to play for Purdue University. "I fell in love with the campus, small-town feel, the coaches and the girls," Rice wrote in an e-mail.
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SPARQ testing offered locally
      NIKE SPARQ, in conjunction with Baseball America and Atomix Sports, is conducting an area tour through Feb. 20 where they'll test high school baseball and softball teams.
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OCHS girls' basketball team stymied by Seraphs
With road trip to Fillmore on tap, Lions must regroup quickly
By Thomas Gase tgase@theacorn.com
      The race for a girls' basketball championship in the Tri-Valley League just got a little more interesting. Behind a stellar defensive effort by St. Bonaventure, Oaks Christian lost to the Seraphs 49-40 at home Tuesday night. The game was a far cry from when the squads played ...
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Team Apex plays well at Copa Real tourney
     EXCELLENT EFFORT- The Apex girls' U-12 soccer team made it to the finals of the prestigious Copa Real tournament in Woodland Hills. En route to the finals, the girls faced strong competition from the Westside Breakers and Real SoCal, defeating both 1-0. In the finals, Apex lost to Santa ...
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College football commitments rolling in
      National signing day is next Wednesday, but many local high school football players have already made verbal commitments to colleges throughout the nation. Westlake High place kicker/ punter Jordan Mannisto has committed to the University of Houston. According to the website CougarsD...
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Local guide to Super Sunday
By Shuhei Matsuo Special to The Acorn
      It's that time of year again- Super Bowl Sunday. Whether you're tired of cleaning a super mess at your place or watching the big game on a notso-impressive TV screen, this is your chance to get out of the house and watch the final professional football game of the season- the Pro Bowl doe...
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The Acorn's Super Bowl XLII showdown: Giants vs. Patriots
Sportswriters Thomas Gase and Stephen Dorman discuss Sunday's big game in Arizona
      Outlook: In his biography "The GM," former New York Giants general manager Ernie Accorsi apologizes for his team's performance in Super Bowl XXXV, a 34-7 loss to the Baltimore Ravens in January of 2001, by saying, "I'd like to blame our offensive game plan, but I'm not sure we ...
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