Sports

No pushovers are allowed. The Coastal Canyon League for high school girls’ soccer is the class of Acorn country. Defending champ Agoura tussles with Camarillo, which entered the week undefeated and ranked No. 2 in the CIF-Southern Section Division 2 poll; Kanan Bowl rival Oak Park, ranked No. 6 in Division 3; Moorpark, which as recently as last week was […]

While Calabasas High boys’ basketball players ran drills, a worker on a hydraulic lift bolted the team’s league championship banner to the gym wall above the visiting bleachers. The Coyotes were practicing at the exact moment their new banner went up above the cheap seats. This squad looks different from the 2018-19 edition, but there’s something familiar, too. “The group […]

The Chargers tamed the Lions, forcing Hercy Miller to make ’em say, uhh, I’m getting outta California. Agoura High’s boys’ basketball team defeated Oaks Christian 64-60 on Nov. 29 during the West Valley Tip-Off Classic. “It felt good to beat them,” said Jed Miller, the Chargers’ junior point guard. Not long after Agoura’s signature victory, star junior guard Hercy Miller, […]

Royal High is synonymous with wrestling royalty, and the Highlanders will try to rack up pins to maintain their dominion on the mat this winter. Fresh off winning the CIF-Southern Section Division 4 dual meet championships last year, the Highlanders field another powerful lineup. Royal is gunning for its fourth straight Coastal Canyon League title. Royal will face a stiff […]

HEAD IN THE GAME—Oaks Christian High’s Nicole Zake, front, battles for the ball during a 1-0 win against Moorpark earlier this season. The Lions play Westlake at 6:15 p.m. Jan. 13 at home.

All-league teams have afflicted this great nation like scurvy whelming, but not quite overwhelming, Judge Smails’ Flying Wasp. Anybody with a pulse these days gets named to a first team, second team, third team, honorable mention, auxiliary team, the Faber double secret probation second team or postmodern galactic funk of the moon Europa supernova team. Naturally, I decided to assemble […]

In 1978, Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson crooned “Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys.” Nineteen years later, Paula Cole wondered “Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?” In 2002, mclusky answered with the song of the century, “Alan Is A Cowboy Killer.” As we reflect on 2019, we know that Alan killed the Dallas Cowboys but not […]

Chris Smith always thought he’d be a teacher. He planned to develop the minds of high school students while sharing his love of sports as a prep football coach. That was the plan, at least. But plans change. The 53-year-old’s career path was forever altered more than three decades ago when he accepted a part-time gig as student equipment manager […]

GOLDEN BEAR—Agoura High girls’ water polo star Maddie DeMattia signed a National Letter of Intent to continue playing the sport for Cal. The Chargers have started strong this season, winning the Villa Park Classic and clobbering Royal 20-3 in their Coastal Canyon League opener last week.