The Acorn's High School Football Game of the Week
Diamond Ranch Panthers (1-1) at Oaks Christian Lions (2-0) Friday, 7:30 p.m.
By Stephen Dorman sdorman@theacorn.com
      Local high school football fans will finally get a glimpse of one of the state's top-ranked teams Friday night when the Oaks Christian Lions host the Diamond Ranch Panthers. OCHS, No. 16 in the latest CalHiSports.com state rankings and No.
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Weekend schedule
      Buena at Thousand Oaks Friday, 7 p.m. Saugus at Westlake Friday, 7 p.m. Newbury Park at Rio Mesa Friday, 7 p.m. Moorpark at Ventura Friday, 7 p.m. Camarillo at Agoura Friday, 7 p.m.
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Other local football matchups
      Buena (1-0) at Thousand Oaks (1-0) Outlook: Thousand Oaks looked extremely solid in its 23-14 victory at Valencia, which had entered the contest ranked second in the CIF-Southern Section Northern Division coaches' poll.
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Warriors still strong on the links
Marmonte League preview: Girls' golf
By Thomas Gase tgase@theacorn.com
      The Westlake High girls' golf team didn't lose any players from last season's team. The Warriors also haven't lost a beat. After winning a Marmonte League title in '07, the Warriors are on an early roll with a 9-0 overall record.
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Young golfers hit the mark
      Listed below are the winners of each age division at the Westlake Junior Golf Club Championship held in August. More than 280 junior golfers representing Westlake, Thousand Oaks, Agoura and Oak Park participated in the event.
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Conlin is Westlake's leading man
Teammates, coaches put faith in QB
By Stephen Dorman sdorman@theacorn.com
      Junior year was tough on Westlake High quarterback Ben Conlin. Senior year has started out much better. For the first three games of the 2007 season, Conlin was splitting reps with then-senior quarterback Nick Owens.
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Good luck scoring a goal on these girls
     TENACIOUS DEFENSE—The Newbury Park Chivas USA girls' U-11 soccer team won its division at the Santa Barbara Summer Cup. The Chivas did not allow a goal en route to winning all four tournament games. Pictured in the bottom row, from left, are Sarah Rodriguez, Emily Williams, Jazmin Ramos, Hannah Hernandez, Carly Ramer, Leeza Woolf and Katelyn Kingsmore. Top row: Rossano Ranucci, Kallie Stewart, Gemma Ranucci, Maddy Spangler, Lauren Starkey, Mariana de Maillé, Taylor Benitez-Fanslow, Samantha Lopez and Glenn Williams.
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Berrington hired to coach NPHS baseball
By Thomas Gase tgase@theacorn.com
      Chuck Berrington proved you can come home again. The Marmonte League welcomed back a familiar face last week when Newbury Park High announced its new head baseball coach would be Berrington, who had previously been the head coach at Westlake and Taft highs.
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OCHS juniors honored for work at sea
      Danny Mathews and Dylan White, juniors at Oaks Christian, received outstanding racing performance awards from the Pacific Corinthian Youth Sailing Foundation at the annual awards ceremony in August at Channel Islands Harbor.
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