Red-hot Panthers power into soccer final
By Steve Ames Special to the Acorn
      A play that the Newbury Park High boys' soccer team had tried several times earlier in the game was successful for a goal in the final moments of the first overtime for a 10 win vs. the visiting Los Alamitos Griffins Tuesday afternoon at NPHS.
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Late rally keeps Lions alive
Oaks Christian beats rival Oak Park, 2-1
By Stephen Dorman sdorman@theacorn.com
      The first goal lifted their spirits. The second goal sent the Oaks Christian girls' soccer team to the CIF-Southern Section Division V championship match for the fifth time in six years.
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OCHS boys advance to CIF title game, too
     JANN HENDRY/Acorn Newspapers SURVIVE AND ADVANCE- With a 4-3 victory over Salesian Tuesday in the semifinals of the CIF-Southern Section Division V boys' soccer playoffs, Patrick Harmon, left, and the Oaks Christian Lions have qualified for Saturday's championship match vs. Hesperia. Game time is set for 6 p.m. at Warren High.
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TOHS girls to face Moorpark for Division II championship
      With a 1-0 win at Walnut High Tuesday, the Thousand Oaks girls' soccer team has advanced to the CIF-Southern Section Division II finals. The finals appearance is the first in program history, TOHS head coach Geoff Raives said.
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Talented roster makes Thousand Oaks a title contender
By Thomas Gase tgase@theacorn.com
      Thousand Oaks High head softball coach Gary Walin was faced with a tough dilemma last Friday. Due to rainy weather, Walin had to make the necessary phone calls and arrangements to switch the location of the team's pictures from the softball field to inside the school's performing arts center.
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Top area grapplers to compete at state meet
      This weekend in Bakersfield several of the area's top wrestlers will be competing in the CIF State Championships. Thousand Oaks, which finished second in the Marmonte League's regularseason standings, will be represented by seniors Behrod Katebian (137 pounds) and Dillon Brockert (217).
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Open invitation from president of T.O. Little League
      Saturday marks the 40th Opening Day for Thousand Oaks Little League. When looking back at the history of the league, one word comes to mind: tradition. T.O. Little League is filled with tradition, and has committed 40 years to providing an excellent youth sports program to more than 25,000 children ages 4 to 18.
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Fabricius tabbed as Hurley's successor
Longtime offensive coordinator now head football coach at NPHS
By Stephen Dorman sdorman@theacorn.com
      Gary Fabricius has been hired as the fourth head coach in the 41year history of Newbury Park High football. Fabricius, 49, has served on the Panther coaching staff since 1981, working primarily as the team's offensive coordinator. He's also taught social studies, government, economics and history at the school since '81.
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      Time for another installment of Four for the Month, the book recommendation column that's sweeping the Conejo Valley (actually, one of our writers thinks he heard a guy talking about it at the bookstore, but we'll take whatever we can get).
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Bielke inducted to Valpo Hall of Fame
      A retired professor and coach at California Lutheran University is among the newest members of the Athletics Hall of Fame at Valparaiso University in Indiana. Donald Bielke of Thousand Oaks was among six former Valparaiso standouts inducted during campus ceremonies last Saturday.
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New CLU softball field opens today
      Leveling the playing field for women's athletics, California Lutheran University will dedicate its new softball stadium this afternoon from 3 to 6 p.m. Hutton Field is located next to the George "Sparky" Anderson Baseball Field as the latest addition to the North Campus athletics complex.
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