2008-06-19
Tri-Valley honors top athletes
The Tri-Valley League has announced its All-League teams in baseball, softball, boys’ tennis, boys’ golf and boys’ volleyball. Here is a rundown of the local players who shined this spring: Baseball First team: Jake Hagen and Eric Columbia of Oak Park; Sean McCarthy of Oaks Christian. Second team: Dave Whitaker and Trevor Cohen of Oak Park; Louis Vozzo and Matt […]
Eagles pole vaulting squad soars to new heights
Record-breaking season enjoyedIt was a good track and field season this spring for Oak Park High pole vaulting. With 17 athletes on the squad, it was the largest pole vaulting team at Oak Park since the sport was resurrected five years ago following a 10-year absence. Senior Ken Sugai broke the school record, jumping 14 feet; and freshman Madison Stark made a […]
Oaks has stellar year
Interscholastic athletic competition for the member schools of the CIF-Southern Section came to an exciting close for the 2007-08 school year. During the past year, the CIFSS awarded 137 divisional team championships in 23 varsity sports. Topping the list of schools with multiple team titles for the year is Oaks Christian, which captured five divisional championships. In the fall, the […]
West gets best of East in County All-Star Game
Paper beats rock. Rock beats scissors. Scissors beats paper. Camarillo High’s Kevin Ball apparently beats them all. At the 11th annual Jim Parker Ventura County Baseball All-Star Game last Sunday, Westlake High’s Zach Miller, coach of the East, decided to determine his starting lineup by games of paperrock-scissors among his players. Unfortunately for the East team, Miller had no way […]
Los Robles Hospital presents scholarships
The following local high school seniors have been awarded scholarships from Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center: Agoura High School: Veenadhari Chavakula and Jason Kurian La Reina High School: Michelle Jabbour Louisville High School: Katie Boryk Moorpark High School: Kendall Fisher, Lacey Valenza and Jessica Sworzyn Newbury Park High School: Cheyenne Bingham, Krishna Desai, Radha Desai, Ashlie Mejia and Sara […]
The Acorn honor role
Christina Lamb, a senior from Westlake Village, has been honored by Wagner College in Staten Island, N.Y., with the Dr. Donald W. Spiro Award for Best Academic Achievement. It is the top award given by Wagner College to a graduating senior. Lamb also won the Kevin Sheehy Award in Biology. Lamb, a biology major, is a member of the Beta […]
Scholar recognized
Aaron Louis Levine of Oak Park has accepted membership in the National Society of Collegiate Scholars. NSCS is the nation’s only interdisciplinary honors organization for first and second-year college students. Membership is by invitation only, based on grade point average and class standing.
Culinary classes for all
Series presents cooking as artChef Alberto Vazquez of Mediterraneo restaurant in Westlake Village will host the restaurant’s Culinary Arts Series for children and adults at the restaurant, 32037 Agoura Road, Westlake Village. Adults’ classes will be held at 2 and 6 p.m. Children’s classes will be at 11 a.m. for ages 5 to 8 and 2 p.m. for ages 9 to 12. Tuition for […]
Chamber honors seniors
The Agoura/Oak Park/ Conejo Valley Chamber of Commerce awarded two scholarships to Agoura High students Nithya Nambiar and Colin Davis at the AHS Senior Awards ceremony held at the school recently. The $1,000 scholarships are given yearly in memory of the Chamber’s past executive director Patricia Soteras, who helped build the Chamber from 200 to more than 1,000 members. Soteras’ […]