TOHS powers its way into quarterfinals
Baseball team scores 17 runs in first two rounds of playoffs
By Stephen Dorman sdorman@theacorn.com
      Now that's an entrance. The Thousand Oaks High baseball team began the postseason with a bang last Friday, blanking Long Beach Poly 11-0 in the opening round of the CIF-Southern Section Division I playoffs.
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Primm goes the distance - twice
Westlake runner one of many top CIF performers
By Thomas Gase tgase@theacorn.com
      The CIFSouthern Section Divisional Finals took place last weekend in Norwalk and many athletes from the area posted top times. Senior Cory Primm of Westlake High defended his Division II title in the 800 when he ran a time of 1:50.90, a state record that had stood for 27 years. Primm also won in the 1,600, where he posted a mark of 4:14.42.
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Mixed signal leads to season-ending loss for Newbury Park
Despite early playoff exit, Panther players say it was a successful year
By Thomas Gase tgase@theacorn.com
      Although Andrew Lambo was brilliant in his last game as a Panther, Newbury Park High couldn't squeeze by Hart of Newhall in the opening round of the CIFSouthern Section Division I baseball playoffs. Down 2-1 in the bottom of the seventh inning, NPHS senior Anthony Montenegro led off the inning with a single to right field.
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Moorpark College, CLU to host field hockey tournament this weekend
      Every Memorial Day weekend the Field Hockey Federation stages an international tournament at Moorpark College named Calcup. The tournament has age divisions ranging from 9 and under to over 40, and elite divisions with teams composed of international Olympic players.
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Thousand Oaks Flyers can't be caught
     ON THE FAST TRACK- The Thousand Oaks Flyers and Camarillo Gremlin girls' track teams had a nice weekend at the Varsity Finals. The two teams, comprised of 7- and 8-year-olds, tied in the 4x100 relay, breaking a meet record that had stood for 17 years. Thousand Oaks' team members from left to right are Michaela Crispin, Carolyn Wilson, Julia Conoscenti and Jillian Erickson.
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For the record
      Omitted from last week's article on the Oaks Christian boys' swim team were Chase Block and Jonnie Paré. Competing at the CIFSouthern Section Division III Swimming Championships in Long Beach, Block, a freshman, won the 500 freestyle event and Paré was victorious in the 100 freestyle.
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TOHS looking for Lerner's replacement
      Yariv Lerner has resigned as Thousand Oaks High's head boys' volleyball coach. Lerner has accepted a position to become co-head coach of the Santa Monica City College men's volleyball team. Lerner became the TOHS boys' coach in 2003 and won a pair of Marmonte League titles.
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The T.O. Acorn's summertime sports at the beach showdown
It's almost Memorial Day, time for Thomas Gase and Stephen Dorman to debate the best sand game
      Since I've spent most of the last few years living in San Francisco, my favorite beach sport lately has probably been running. As in, "I just went into the watewhere the temperature is colder than a freezer, and now I'm running out of it as fast as I possibly can to try and get warm.
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