Football teams face stiff challenges in quarterfinals
Playoffs resume Friday night
By Stephen Dorman sdorman@theacorn.com
      And then there were four. While the Westlake and Oak Park high school football teams may have simply survived their CIF-Southern Section first-round playoff game last weekend, Newbury Park and Oaks Christian both looked to be in top form by blowing out the opposition.
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More bad blood as Vargas, Mayorga prepare for Friday's fight
County's most famous boxer set for career finale
By Stephen Dorman sdorman@theacorn.com
      Twotime world boxing champion Fernando Vargas wants to spend his holiday weekend knocking the stuffing out of Ricardo Mayorga. Mayorga, the three-time world title holder who first made a name for himself brawling in the ghetto streets of Nicaragua, will be looking to return the holi...
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Cross country runners perform well at Mt. SAC
By Thomas Gase tgase@theacorn.com
      A coastal fog and cool temperatures made running conditions nearly perfect for the CIFSS Cross Country Finals last Saturday at Mount San Antonio College in Walnut. Oaks Christian quickly took advantage of the weather.
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