Coyotes finish second in Arizona tourney
      THEY'RE A HIT- The Coyotes U-11 travel baseball team, with players from Westlake and Thousand Oaks, finished in second place at the Triple Crown Sports Championship tournament in Phoenix, Ariz. Pictured in the front row from left to right are Matthew Goldberg, Jamie Sullivan, Nick Jelinek, Chad Donley, Taylor Woodall, Nick Dallas, Zak Daniels and Luke Dykstra.
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Winning ways continue for OCHS
Lions boys' volleyball team still ranked No. 1 in Division IV
By Thomas Gase tgase@theacorn.com
      A year after winning the CIFSouthern Section Division IV championship, the Oaks Christian boys' volleyball team has shown no signs of a letdown. Although last year's top players Alex Walker and Brendan Skinner are gone after graduating, the Lions began the season ranked No. 1 in their division.
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The Acorn's National League West preseason showdown
Sportswriters Thomas Gase and Stephen Dorman debate which team will win the pennant
      Gase I am scared to death of the next Friday the 13th, which happens to be coming this April. You see, my co-worker is Steve Dorman, and on April 13 his beloved San Diego Padres will officially be out of the National League West race when they play the Los Angeles Dodgers for the first time. From then on out, Dorman will probably be angrier than the Incredible Hulk on steroids.
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High school skateboarding teams gearing up for inaugural season
It's not CIF, but it is a start
By Stephen Dorman sdorman@theacorn.com
      Skateboarding is not a crime. Of course, it's never been much of a team sport, either. One local man, however, is trying to change the way skateboarding is perceived at the high school level. Jeff Stern, a 38-year-old father of three who grew up in Westlake Village and now resides in Thousand Oaks, has started the California High School Skateboard Club.
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Roe doesn't allow opposing hitters to find a comfort zone
CLU pitcher willing to throw inside
By Steve Ames Special to Thousand Oaks Acorn
      California Lutheran University junior right-handed pitcher Mike Roe, a 2004 Simi Valley High graduate, might not blow hitters away with his fastball, but he isn't making anyone comfortable in the batter's box, either. "I like to throw inside a lot," Roe said. "A lot of times batters get on the plate and cover the outer half.
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Blue Crush wins NPBA division title
      HARDWOOD HEROES- The Blue Crush are champions of the Newbury Park Basketball Association's I-G Division. Blue Crush finished the season with an 11-1 record and was led by the high-powered scoring trio of center Natalie De La Rosa and sister point-guard tandem Amanda and Monica Shi.
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