It's official: Conejo Valley is now Titletown USA
     TURBOCHARGED- The SoCal Jets U-14 softball squad recently won a state championship in Menifee, finishing first out of 72 teams. The victory clinched a berth in the National Championship Tournament, which will be held in Midland, Texas, the first week of August. Pictured in the front row, from left, are Montana Harrington, Emily Dinino, Morgan Schlobohm, Christy Langlois and Haley Downey. Middle row: Emme Soles, Jenny McNeill, Carly Silliman, Hannah Roberg, Kelsey Haines, Caitlyn Morrison and Jamie DePippo. Back row: Coach Kirk Schlobohm, manager Jim DePippo and coach Bob Clark.
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Little League All-Star tournaments underway
By Stephen Dorman sdorman@theacorn.com
      The bunting is up, the chatter is loud, the fields are in tiptop condition, work schedules have been altered, and the bracketologists are putting in nearly as many hours as the volunteers at the snack shack. It takes an entire community effort- or communities' efforts, to be more precise- to coordinate the Little League District 13 AllStar baseball playoffs.
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Westlake USTA event draws players from across country
Men's semifinals today, finals Friday at Westlake Tennis and Swim Club
By Thomas Gase tgase@theacorn.com
      For tennis players age 45 and over, there was only one place to be this week- the Westlake Tennis and Swim Club. One hundred forty tennis players competed in the KSwiss United States Tennis Association National Men's 45 Hard Court Championships.
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Lea hired to lead cross country, track teams at Cal Lutheran
By Thomas Gase tgase@theacorn.com
      Ten years ago Matt Lea was one of the top track and field athletes in Ventura County. These days the 28-year-old is looking to have similar success as a college head coach.
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Area ballplayers make summer league All-Star squads
      The Valley Invitational Baseball League will hold a pair of AllStar games at Stengel Field in Glendale on Sunday, and many local high school standouts will be competing. The VIBL began play in 2000 and now includes 32 teams from the CIF-Southern Section as well as the City Section.
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USA Men's Water Polo roster now set for Beijing
      After watching his players train in the Conejo Valley and abroad since January, USA Men's Water Polo head coach Terry Schroeder, a Westlake resident, announced his squad's 15-man roster- including a pair of alternates- for the Summer Olympics in Beijing, set to begin Aug. 8.
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Wynalda teaching youngsters to succeed on and off the pitch
     WENDY PIERRO/Acorn Newspapers GIVING BACK- USA soccer star and Westlake High grad Eric Wynalda, center, speaks with young players Tuesday at Freedom Park in Camarillo. The former WHS standout is conducting the Wynalda Soccer Academy through the summer with stops in cities around Southern California. The youth camp works to teach kids to have a positive attitude, a good work ethic, team work and to build a foundation of fundamental soccer skills. The Academy is located in Westlake.
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