U-12 girls feeling good about themselves
      UNDEFEATED- The Real So Cal Blue Girls U-12 team recently competed in the 2007 Coast Soccer League Cup Tournament along with 131 other teams from Southern California. The team went undefeated and had only one goal scored against them during the tourney.
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Hurley calls it a career
Beloved leader retires from coaching, will remain Newbury Park's athletic coordinator
By Stephen Dorman sdorman@theacorn.com
      George Hurley quickly confesses. He knows he's guilty as charged. All those summer passing camps that the area's high school football teams have now adopted- and the accompanying off-field extension into the weight room on almost a yearround basis- most of that stuff started...
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Ten questions with George Hurley
      The Thousand Oaks Acorn recently sat down with Newbury Park High's athletic coordinator George Hurley following his decision to retire as head coach of the NPHS football team following 19 seasons on the job.
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Fabricius in the mix
      Gary Fabricius, Newbury Park's longtime offensive coordinator, has confirmed that he will apply for the vacant head coaching job at NPHS. "I've let the front office know that I am interested and my application is coming in," said Fabricius, who's been with the program for nearly 25 years.
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Press Box Prattle
      The weekend began with a beautiful rendition of our national anthem and ended with the San Diego Chargers earning this guy (thumbs to my chest) a trip to the bank. What can I say? Sometimes it pays to be a Dorkman.
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Panthers powerful in the paint
Francis and Benton form a formidable inside duo for NPHS
By Stephen Dorman sdorman@theacorn.com
      When it comes to the Newbury Park High boys' basketball team, success on the court often begins and ends with the play of senior Dalton Francis and junior Charles Benton. Name an offensive category and there's a more-than-decent chance either Francis or Benton is the Panthers' leader.
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