Learning experience
Pacific Youth Football League teaches kids the basics
By Eliav Appelbaum eliav@theacorn.com
      The Pacific Youth Football League continues to prosper after 15 years. With almost 4,000 players on 140 teams throughout much of the southland, the PYFL is an independent, nonprofit football league for players ages 7 to 14.
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McBride delivers
Senior leads Newbury Park girls' volleyball team to a hard-fought victory over Moorpark
By Thomas Gase tgase@theacorn.com
      Fans and experts often say good players play big in the biggest games. On Tuesday night, in Newbury Park High's important Marmonte League matchup with Moorpark, senior Stephanie McBride established herself as a big-time player.
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CLU adding softball field
      California Lutheran University has begun construction on its new softball field- the latest venue in the athletics complex on the north side of Olsen Road in Thousand Oaks. With a grading permit in hand, construction officially began in the area north of the Gilbert Sports and Fitness Ce...
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The Acorn's High School Football Game of the Week
Thousand Oaks Lancers (3-2) at Moorpark Musketeers (3-2) Friday, 7 p.m.
By Stephen Dorman sdorman@theacorn.com
      Darrell Scott isn't walking through that door. Thousand Oaks High football fans should breathe a sigh of relief. If any team benefited the most from Scott's transfer from Moorpark High to St. Bonaventure before the school year, it was Thousand Oaks- a defense Scott shredded for 245 ...
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Weekend schedule
      Newbury Park at Agoura Friday, 7 p.m. Simi Valley at Calabasas Friday, 7 p.m. Westlake at Royal Friday, 7 p.m. Grace Brethren at Oak Park Friday, 7:30 p.m. Oaks Christian at Carpinteria Friday, 7:30 p.m.
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Marmonte standings
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Tri-Valley standings
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Other local football matchups
      Newbury Park (5-0) at Agoura (3-2) Outlook: This could be a high-scoring affair. After getting run over by Thousand Oaks in Week 4, Agoura's defense stepped up and limited Simi Valley's Langston Jackson to 53 yards on 14 carries during last weekend's victory.
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Last week's top performers
      Scott Luft, WR/P/K/LB, Thou sand Oaks: Luft caught five passes for 94 yards, including a 22-yard touchdown reception from quarterback Ian Shultis, as the Lancers rolled over Calabasas, 5619. Luft also converted six extra-point attempts.
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Local quarterback stars learning the hard way that they can't do it alone
Guest opinion
By Kyle Jorrey kjorrey@theacorn.com
      "You're only as good as the players around you." The above statement, albeit a bit cliché, holds as true today as the day it was first uttered, probably during an off-the-cuff pregame speech made by some underpaid coach trying to spur inspiration from a locker room full of ego-driven ...
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