Sports

Jake Ehrhardt and Adrian Weinberg helped ignite a winning tradition for the boys’ water polo team at Oaks Christian High. They’re now thriving in college, at USC and California, respectively. Most programs would hit a lull without those superstars, but not the Lions, who have been able to uphold their reputation as team to be reckoned with in CIF-Southern Section […]

Westlake High’s girls’ tennis team could be celebrating a CIF-Southern Section Open Division title in the coming years. A program that enjoyed unparalleled success under legendary head coach Connie Flanderka has savored a renaissance of sorts with third-year head coach Scott Yasgoor. “I’m so glad I got to experience having Coach Flanderka and Coach Scott,” said Sam Noh, a senior […]

WE WHO WAIT—Westlake High football players wait for a call from the sidelines in the CIF-Southern Section Division 3 playoffs on Nov. 8 at home against Grace Brethren. Westlake lost the game, 42-38.

The Chargers aren’t surprised by the success they’ve enjoyed this fall. “We knew as sophomores that our senior year was going to be something special,” said Ryan Koepnick, a senior on the Agoura High boys’ cross country team. Two years ago, head coach Colin Pratt praised the group of then-sophomores who he believed would eventually contend for CIF-Southern Section and […]

GROOVY—Westlake High girls’ volleyball player Katie Fleck, No. 22, celebrates a point with teammates during the Warriors’ three-set loss to Esperanza on Nov. 2 at home in the CIF-Southern Section Division 2 playoff quarterfinals. The Marmonte League champion Warriors finished with a 26-7 overall record.

BREAKING NEWS: Monday Night Football Cat replaces Mitch Trubisky at quarterback for the Chicago Bears. If you didn’t see the black cat, more elusive than Flash Gordon who eats better than Gordon Ramsay, score a touchdown at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey during the Giants-Cowboys game, then stop what you’re doing and watch the video with the Kevin Harlan play-by-play […]

Arnold Schwarzenegger is the Terminator. Jeff Bridges is the Dude. Omar Mejia is the Technician. A 6-foot, 250-pound senior center and captain for Westlake High’s football team, Mejia operates without fanfare, without fuss. He tangles in the trenches without asking anything more or less than he would give his fellow Warriors, which is his heart and soul, his blood and […]

Marco Siderman, QB, Westlake: The senior threw a school-record seven touchdown passes, the last scoring strike to his younger brother, Mateo. The Holy Cross commit threw for 509 yards while completing 79% of his passes. “It was a really special moment. Breaking the record in (Mateo’s) first varsity game is something we’ll both remember for a long time,” Marco said.