By John Loesing Acorn Staff Writer The outmanned Oak Park football team bid good riddance to the 2002 season with a 35-7 loss to Valley Christian in last week’s Southern Section Division XI playoffs. The normally tight Eagle defense gave up 350 yards to the visiting team from Cerritos. Plagued by injuries throughout much of the year, Oak Park finished […]
2002-12-05
Oak Park girls win second straight state cross country crown
Special to The AcornBack to back; the girls’ cross country team from Oak Park High School won the state meet for a second consecutive year at the Woodward Park course in Fresno last Saturday by defeating Harvard-Westlake of Studio City, 92-133. The Eagles had an overall time of 97:12. Harvard-Westlake’s time was 98:12. The next three were Maranatha, 151 (98:31); Piedmont, 159 (99:37); […]
Youths offered holiday tennis
The Conejo Recreation & Park District Sports Office is accepting applications for the "Total Tennis Academy Holiday Tennis Camp" which will run from Mon., Dec. 23 through Fri., Jan. 3 at California Lutheran University, 60 W. Olsen Road, Thousand Oaks. Open to coed youth ages 7 to 18, the camp will be offered Monday-Friday (no camp on Wednesdays) in half […]
Oak Park boys win cross country state title
Acorn Sports WriterAfter winning their third straight California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) championship the week before, the Oak Park boys’ cross country team won its first-ever state title at Woodward Park in Fresno last Saturday. The win was all the more historic because the Oak Park girls won their second consecutive state championship later that day, making it only the fourth time ever […]
Sports Junkie
Sports Junkie By Irv Lippel By Irv Lippel "If you want to be a good goaltender, it helps if you’re a little nuts," claimed Lorne Worsley. "Gump" Worsley was all of that and then some. And his round face and short, pudgy physique added to his humorous persona. A boyhood friend in Montreal had named him after the comic-strip character, […]
Top 10 college planning tips cited by students
High school students who would like a little advice about planning for college and a career may be interested in the following 10 tips provided by 10 high school and college student writers for ACT, a nonprofit organization that disseminates education and career information. 1. Work hard the entire four years of high school so you will be more appealing […]
Bookmark winners announced
Westlake Village Library has announced the winners of the 2002 Children’s Book Week Bookmark Contest. "Book Time!" was the theme for this year’s contest. Entries were judged on creativity, originality and neatness. White Oak School, kindergarten through second grade: Nicole Wildermuth, first place; Whitney Stane, second place; Noah Davies, third place. Third through fifth grade: Carolyn Zhang, first place; Julian […]
High school to present classic comedy
El Camino Real High School’s play production department will present "You Can’t Take It With You," a comedy by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman, at 1:15 p.m. Wed. and Thurs., Dec. 11 and 12 and at 7:30 p.m. Thurs. and Fri., Dec. 12 and 13 in the school’s Greib Theatre at 5440 Valley Circle Blvd., Woodland Hills. The play […]
Teens value integrity in workplace
Survey shows changing idealsTeenagers in America want to work for honest companies. Nearly nine of 10 teenagers said they would refuse to work for a company accused of wrongdoing, while three out of four teens say they would not buy a product from a company accused of wrongdoing. These are some of the key findings of a recent poll of American teens called […]
Datebook
THURS., DEC. 5 Newcomer Wonderland Agoura Newcomer’s Club hosts Winter Wonderland luncheon preceded by a raffle and fashion show at 11 a.m. at Wood Ranch Golf and Country Club, Simi Valley. Optional cookie exchange. $23. (818) 991-9960 Let’s Get Clogging Conejo Valley Cloggers teaches all levels at 6:45 p.m. tonight, Dec. 12 and 19 at Old Meadows Park, 1600 Marview […]