The Acorn's High School Football Game of the Week
Thousand Oaks Lancers (4-3) at Westlake Warriors (4-3) Friday, 7 p.m.
By Thomas Gase tgase@theacorn.com
      Paul Miller may be the mayor of Simi Valley, but it's the Westlake High football team that has run the city the last two weeks. Nobody was happier to see the Warriors leave town than Royal and Simi Valley high schools, as Westlake won at Royal, 37-27, in Week 6 and at Simi Valley, ...
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Marmonte standings
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Tri-Valley standings
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Other local football matchups
      Simi Valley (4-3) at Newbury Park (7-0) Outlook: The Panthers are really rolling now. Last week's 35-0 triumph over Calabasas was the high point for the team's defense thus far. The Panthers allowed only 111 yards of total offense to Calabasas (75 rushing, 36 passing) and forced two ...
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Fires force change of plans
Poor air quality puts many sporting events on hold
By Thomas Gase tgase@theacorn.com
      Sometimes the leisure of sports just isn't as important as other events going on in the world. This week, more than a dozen wildfires in Southern California have inflamed more than 600 square miles of land, causing the evacuation of more than 500,000 people statewide.
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TOHS polo team blows past Calabasas
     JANN HENDRY/Acorn Newspapers CAN'T STOP WHAT YOU CAN'T SEE- Thousand Oaks High's Talon Griffen, right, scores against Calabasas goalkeeper Brian Chaskes during last Friday's T.O. win. Thousand Oaks entered this week's match against Royal with an 11-13 overall record and a 4-4 mark in league.
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Boxers set to rumble at 'Warner Center War'
      Art of Boxing Promotions will present its inaugural show, billed as the "Warner Center War," at the Warner Center Marriott in Woodland Hills Fri., Nov. 2. The main event features top contender Juan "El Pollo" Valenzuela, who carries a record of 20-6 with nine knockouts.
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Show won't go on for Marmonte golfers
      SHUT DOWN- Marmonte League girls' golfers, from left, Charlotte Wilson of Westlake, Thousand Oaks' Shayna Wiley and Newbury Park's Katelyn Barrett compete during a league tournament earlier in the month. The Marmonte League was scheduled to conduct its third and fourth tournaments today at...
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Carpenter pushing all the right buttons for 7-0 ASU
     Courtesy of Arizona State Athletics RUDY RISING- Former Newbury Park and Westlake quarterback Rudy Carpenter has 1,730 yards and 16 touchdowns this season as the starter at Arizona State. The No. 4 Sun Devils (7-0) host No. 21 Cal (5-2) Saturday at 7:15 p.m.
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