Ladies and gentlemen, it’s time to take a break from carving flightless dinosaurs that warble: “Gobble, gobble, foil and trouble. Only jive turkeys watch Detroit Lions at 9 a.m.” Stop cranking open cans of glorious gelatinous cranberry sauce shimmying out of metal husks. Hit pause on mashing marbled mutton with mashed potatoes to “Mashin’ on the Motorway” by DJ Shadow. […]
Sports
Agoura star bound for San Jose State
RIDE THE LIGHTNING—Agoura High swimmer and scholar athlete Ellie Shorten signed a scholarship to continue swimming at San Jose State. A Coastal Canyon League champion in the girls’ 100- and 200-yard freestyle races, Shorten holds school records in both those events. As a freshman, she was part of a quartet that broke the school’s 200 freestyle relay record from 1980.
Around the world
NOTEBOOK /// Local reportLocal athletes keep making headlines from around the world. That can only mean one thing. It’s time to celebrate another Acorn notebook, a great American tradition like Thanksgiving Day and making fun of the Detroit Lions. TACKLING FUEL Alex Singleton led the Philadelphia Eagles in tackles for a second straight week. He racked up a game-high 12 tackles in Philadelphia’s […]
When mutant groundhogs attack
We’ll do more harm than good if we don’t let high school athletes playFriday the 13th—March 13, 2020—haunts us from the void, over and over again, like shambolically putrid Chicago Bears quarterbacks. Now it’s the middle of November, but we’re still reliving the horror of the first coronavirus shutdown. Welcome to Groundhog Day, but the groundhogs are mutant groundhogs, and they’re eating us alive. The global pandemic remains out of control. There are […]
The longest yards
Second and final part of series on top special teams stars from Acorn countryNot everyone can emulate the warlock Adam Vinatieri hammering a game-winning kick in a blizzard to ignite a dynasty in New England. Few will trek paths blazed by Hall of Famer/Gnarly Norwegian Jan Stenerud from the football factory of Montana State . . . which also molded current Philadelphia Eagles linebacker/Conejo Valley legend Alex Singleton. All the players mentioned in […]
Runnin’ Rebel runs wild
NOTEBOOK /// Local reportJust call him the Runnin’ Rebel. While that nickname is traditionally reserved for UNLV basketball players, UNLV football quarterback Max Gilliam earned that moniker after sprinting for a spectacular 71-yard touchdown last weekend against Fresno State. Fans of Gilliam, a Thousand Oaks High graduate, watched his highlight over and over again on ESPN. Gilliam completed 15-of-31 passes for 160 yards, […]
Air mail
Top local kickers and punters bring the boom“Punters are people, too.” Rich Eisen was onto something when he spoke those words almost a decade ago about Camarillo native Bryan Anger. Anger, a third-round draft pick of the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2012, continues booming punts for the Houston Texans. Johnny Hekker, a Thousand Oaks resident and punter for the Los Angeles Rams, is arguably the most dominating Ram […]
Ivy day in the committee room
Two local boys’ lacrosse stars announce college picks on same dayJake East and Ryan Sullivan publicly announced their Ivy League commitments within hours of each other. East, a multisport standout at Agoura High, will continue playing lacrosse at Brown University in Rhode Island. Sullivan, a Westlake junior who lives in Moorpark, will suit up for the men’s lacrosse team at Penn. “It’s super cool,” Sullivan said. “We’d talk to each […]
Agoura seeks lacrosse coach
Agoura High is looking for a girls’ lacrosse head coach. Interested applicants should email athletic director Clint Cummings at clcummings@lvusd.org.
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