Local youth teams spring into action
     WINNERS FROM WESTLAKE- These are the seventh- and eighth-grade division champions of the Westlake NJB (National Junior Basketball) League. Front row from left: Duncan Spear, Max Steinman, Dominick Ju, Nicki Maslan, Jonathan Adler. Back row: Coach David Ju, Assistant Coach Ralph Maslan, Alex Struck, ...
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Soccer squad wins Santa Barbara Cup
     THEY ARE THE CHAMPIONS- The Barcelona California GU-10 Red girls' soccer team won the Santa Barbara Cup earlier this month. Pictured, from left, are Emma Loewenthal, Kelly Lucas, Alex Hainer, Mo Moore, Chloe Montano, Isabella Keane, Lauren Starkey, Kaitlyn Kruger, Lea Lemus, Grace Nelson and Annie E...
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Rubenstein excelling on and off the court at Pepperdine
Oaks Christian grad popular with teammates
By Shuhei Matsuo Special to the Acorn
      Julie Rubenstein is the epitome of a student-athlete. The former Oaks Christian standout, who now plays Division I volleyball at Pepperdine, was the Waves' kills leader last season and is also a member of the NCAA StudentAthlete Advisory Committee.
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Cartoonist always tackled controversy
Westlake resident worked at Daily News for 25 years
By Shuhei Matsuo Special to the Acorn
      Jim Thompson always enjoyed receiving hate mail from readers. He still takes pleasure in people who oppose his expressive opinions. "I always thought I would really have made it as a cartoonist if I got a death threat," said Thompson, a 22-year resident of Westlake Village.
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Yelich pounding the baseball
Westlake sophomore making pitchers pay
By Stephen Dorman sdorman@theacorn.com
      In a league loaded with lefthanded sluggers, Westlake High first baseman Christian Yelich may be the best of the bunch. Only a sophomore, Yelich has begun the 2008 campaign with a bang, cranking out four home runs in the Warriors' first 11 games.
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The Acorn's 2008 National League West showdown
Sportswriters Thomas Gase and Stephen Dorman debate who will win MLB's toughest division
      Not since the days of Billy the Kid and "Doc" Holliday has the West been this wild. This year the National League West Division will be a race between four solid teams- San Francisco doesn't belong in this conversation- and no longer will 85 wins be good enough to capture the title.
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