Lions beat Banning, will host St. Monica By John Loesing Acorn Staff Writer After last week’s 42-6 romp over Banning, it’s time to get serious for the Oaks Christian football team. OCHS (10-1) hosts St. Monica at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow in the second round of the California Interscholastic Federation Division XI playoffs. While Oaks Christian was demolishing Banning (3-8), St. […]
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Sports Junkie
Quick TakeThe San Francisco Giants’ front office displayed incredible stupidity by not renewing Dusty Baker’s contract. There was a personal issue between them, but the last time I heard, getting to the World Series is about winning. Baker is a winner. Now, ostensibly, the manager of the Giants will be their great left-fielder, Barry Bonds. His title may not say so, […]
Westlake to play Paso Robles after CIF football win
Special to The AcornWestlake head football coach Jim Benkert and his fellow coaches knew it would be a busy weekend and a short week of game preparation. But on balance, the tradeoff is that the Westlake Warriors (9-2 overall) of the Marmonte League are in the second round of the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Southern Section Division IV football playoffs. After beating the […]
Warriors defense continues to improve during postseason
Acorn Sports WriterThis year’s Westlake football team has shown improvement on defense each week all season and third-year defensive coordinator Mike Leibin and head coach Jim Benkert continue to be pleased with the progress the Warriors defense is making as the team heads into the second round of the playoffs. "We knew we had athletes going into the season," Leibin said. "The […]
Westlake loses in Southern Section volleyball title match
Acorn Sports WriterThe Westlake girls’ volleyball team reached the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Southern Section Division II-AA finals where the Warriors were defeated in three straight games by Newport Harbor at Cypress College last Saturday afternoon. Westlake (22-4) reached the finals as the No. 2 seed in the division, but Newport Harbor (25-6), which had lost in the CIF finals a year […]
Young golfer is finalist
Chris Severn, 12, a student at Medea Creek Middle School in Oak Park, recently returned from competing in the national finals of the Junior Golf Skills National Championship hosted by the Golf Channel in Orlando, Fla. The competition took place at the Celebration Golf Course just outside Disney World on Sat., Nov. 2. Each of the 18 finalists from the […]
Common household items can poison pets
Thousands of dogs and cats needlessly suffer and many die each year by accidental ingestion of household poisons, including pesticides, popular houseplants, medication and common foods. The ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center, the only animal poison center in North America, offers advice to pet owners about the many household products that can be dangerous and even deadly to their four-legged […]
Sheriff’s blotter
Agoura HillsAgoura Hills Rock damage to a business window and door in the 5100 block of Kanan Road was $500 after the attempted burglary of a business at 3:30 a.m. Nov. 14. The suspect(s) were unsuccessful in stealing anything, but at 3:24 a.m. that same morning at the same location, another business door was broken ($500 loss) and $3,000 in computer […]