Powerful presence on the pitch
Oak Park's Arsht specializes in scoring goals
By Thomas Gase tgase@theacorn.com
      Oak Park High boys' soccer player Alec Arsht has learned to expect the unexpected. Through the Eagles' first eight games, Arsht has been an offensive machine. Entering Wednesday night's game against Oaks Christian, the junior had already scored a teamleading eight goals. The high scoring total doesn't come as a surprise to Arsht.
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Westlake star Ignoto gets tough
Junior guard facing plenty of double-teams
By Thomas Gase tgase@theacorn.com
      Since Westlake High junior Taylor Ignoto previously lived in Massachusetts, it's easy to forgive her for rooting for the Boston Celtics. When the NBA Finals took place between the Lakers and Celtics last June, however, Ignoto decided to keep her faith toward the green-and-white on the down-low.
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Baseball camp coming to Agoura High
      Atomix Sports, in association with Nike SPARQ Training, presents the 2009 baseball conditioning camp. Participants will receive professional instruction by certified Nike SPARQ master trainer Robert Steele. The focus is on developing a player's speed, power, agility, reaction and quickness.
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Football players honored by CIF
      The LA84 Foundation has announced its All-CIF-Southern Section football teams for the Northern Division.
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Calabasas freshmen upend TOHS in tourney
      COYOTES MAKING NOISE— The Calabasas High freshman boys' soccer team defeated Thousand Oaks, 1-0, to win the Los Virgenes District/Conejo Valley Classic Tournament. Calabasas only allowed two goals during the entire event.
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Acorn showdown: Who was snubbed by the Hall of Fame vote?
Eliav Appelbaum and Stephen Dorman debate the player most deserving of baseball's highest honor
      Think of all the pitching careers Tommy John has indirectly saved. If John never recovered from ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction surgery on his pitching elbow, and if he didn't win even one of those 164 games after that radical procedure, the game of baseball would be very different.
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