Sun Devil fans embrace Carpenter
Westlake grad quarterbacks ASU to a 9-1 start, first win at Rose Bowl since 1996
By Stephen Dorman sdorman@theacorn.com
      Rudy Carpenter is feeling the love. Prior to their team's 2420 victory over UCLA at the Rose Bowl last Saturday, a large contingent of Arizona State football fans partied outside of the stadium at Sparky's Touchdown Tailgate. Sprinkled into the maroonandgoldclad mix were several supporter...
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Girls' volleyball teams tripped up in quarterfinals
     MICHAEL COONS/Acorn Newspapers LAST STAND- Olivia White of La Reina High bumps the ball during last Saturday's CIF-Southern Section Division III-AA playoff match with Cypress. Cypress won in four games, ending the Regents' season. La Reina's Tri-Valley League rivals, Oaks Christian and Oak Par...
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Craft weighing his options following OCHS loss
By Thomas Gase tgase@theacorn.com
      A successful season came to an end for the Oaks Christian boys' water polo team last Saturday. Whether or not it was the final game for the team's coach remains a question. The Lions couldn't erase a 51 halftime deficit and ended up losing to Royal High, 9-6, in the second round of the C...
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Panthers earn piece of Marmonte title by beating TOHS
Newbury Park opens football playoffs at home; TOHS travels to College of the Canyons
By Stephen Dorman sdorman@theacorn.com
      After settling things on the field last weekend, the Newbury Park and Thousand Oaks high school football teams are heading in opposite directions for the first round of the CIFSouthern Section Northern Division playoffs Friday night.
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Playoff chance slips away from CLU
By Thomas Gase tgase@theacorn.com
      Cal Lutheran University's football team was hoping to turn a new page last Saturday. Instead, the Kingsmen kept turning the ball over. Trying to make the playoffs for the first time since 1982, the Kingsmen committed five turnovers that led to 28 points for Redlands and lost 38-17 at ...
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WHS braces for Camarillo's air attack
By Stephen Dorman sdorman@theacorn.com
      In the playoffs, execution in all three phases of the game- offense, defense and special teams- is often the difference between moving on and going home. It should be of little surprise, then, that both the Westlake and Camarillo high school football teams were stressing special-teams p...
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Cross country runners ready for Mt. SAC
By Thomas Gase tgase@theacorn.com
      When high schools begin their cross country seasons, the one goal most teams share is to make it to Fresno for the CIF-Southern Section Finals. During the CIF-SS Prelims last week at Mount San Antonio College, many local area schools and runners qualified for the finals this Saturd...
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