Julia Townsend of the Westlake Track Club won the 5,000-meter race walk at the U.S. Youth Olympic Trials in Arlington, Texas, on April 3. Townsend completed the race in a personal record time of 30:29.61. The youngster, a junior at Louisville High in Woodland Hills, hopes to qualify for the first Youth Olympic Games in Singapore.
2010-04-29
Water polo players honored
The CIF-Southern Section has recognized the top girls’ water polo players and coaches from the 2010 winter season. Rio Mesa High, which was a runner-up in the Division 4 title game for the second straight year and finished 26-7 overall, received postseason hardware for its strong season. Spartans Courtney Walters, Jenny Jamison and Andrea Mallul are All-CIF Division 4 first-team […]
Great 8 for Oak Park lacrosse club
Brittany Stalzer, Robin Estrin and Sommer Kobashigawa each scored multiple goals as the Oak Park girls’ lacrosse club powered past El Segundo, 15-6, for its eighth win in as many games. Stalzer led the way for the Eagles’ multipronged attack with five goals and two assists. Estrin also had a pair of assists to go with four goals. Kobashigawa returned […]
Records in peril at county championships
Local student-athletes look forward to the Ventura County Track and Field Championships every year. This year is no exception. “It’s the one and only time the best Ventura County athletes compete against each other,” Moorpark High athletic director and track coach Rob Dearborn said. “It’s a great meet.” The yearly bonanza takes place Friday at Moorpark High. Most field events […]
And down the stretch they come . . .
Marmonte baseball reportThis could be the greatest dogfight since Hollywood was shot down at the tail end of “Top Gun.” The Marmonte League baseball season has reached its home stretch, and several teams are jockeying for playoff positioning. Others are fighting for their postseason lives. Entering the week—each squad played Wednesday but scores weren’t available at press time—Royal had a two-game advantage […]
Patients learn to cope with celiac disease
Henry Grunzweig had suffered from stomachaches his entire life. Doctor after doctor couldn’t pinpoint the cause, and by the time he entered high school, the Woodland Hills resident was missing weeks of class for seemingly no good reason. “I’d have terrible stomachaches for weeks with symptoms of food poisoning,” Henry said. “No one really knew what it was. People were […]
Church choirs gather in T.O.
The National Association of Church Musicians will host a choir festival at 4 p.m. Sun., May 2 at Ascension Lutheran Church, 1600 E. Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks. Church choirs from Burbank to Santa Ynez will be participating. The guest conductor for the massed choir anthems will be Dr. Michael Shasberger from Westmont College in Santa Barbara. A freewill offering will […]
The anatomy of anger
“Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.” — Ambrose Bierce Over the years I have become an avid student of energy and how it moves. What I have discovered is that as human beings, not only do we consist of pure energy, we are also conduits through which it flows. Once […]
Westlake High to host jazz festival
The Westlake High School Instrumental Music Department will host its annual Jazz Festival from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sat., May 8 at the high school, 100 N. Lakeview Canyon Road, Westlake Village. The festival will feature performances by local middle and high school jazz bands and combos. Prominent area musical educators will judge the groups. Tickets are $7. Children […]