2010-10-28
Football report on one-week hiatus
The Acorn’s High School Football Report, our online podcast previewing Friday night games throughout Ventura County, will take a one-week break and return Nov. 4. The weekly podcast can be accessed at www.theacornonline/sports.
Lancers left celebrating on Westlake’s home court
Warrior sophomore Krems loses first league set of her careerIn a heavyweight battle between the Marmonte League’s top girls’ tennis teams, Thousand Oaks High landed a one-two combo that rocked the Conejo Valley. With the Lancers having already wrapped up the match Tuesday evening at Westlake—a result that put TOHS in position to claim its second straight league title—Thousand Oaks sophomore Alison Ho did the unthinkable. Under a dark […]
County’s finest vying for cross country titles
Ready. Set. Go! The area’s top high school cross country runners will battle for first-place medals during the Ventura County Championships on Friday at Lake Casitas in Ojai. The action is scheduled to get underway at 3 p.m. In the latest CIF-Southern Section polls, the boys’ teams from Camarillo, Westlake, Thousand Oaks and Oaks Christian were ranked, as were girls’ […]
Matosevic brings the thunder from down under
Australian wins Pro Tennis Championships of CalabasasMarinko Matosevic, the No. 6 seed from Australia, captured his second career United States Tennis Association Pro Circuit $50,000 Challenger title Monday, coming back to defeat secondseeded Ryan Sweeting (2-6, 6-4, 6-3) in a match that was suspended the previous day due to rain. Matosevic, who earned a $7,200 first-place purse for winning the 10th annual USTA Men’s Pro Tennis […]
Take Your Acorn on Vacation
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Steinhardt knocks Smith off local water board
Concerns over employee salaries and benefits resonate with votersBy Sylvie Belmond belmond@theacorn.com Challenger Barry Steinhardt surprised incumbent Jeff Smith with a 15 percent margin of victory in Tuesday’s contest to represents the Las Virgenes Municipal Water agency’s 5th District, which covers most of Agoura Hills. A total of 3,817 voters participated in the election. Nearly 58 percent of the electorate backed the newcomer. During the […]