Two at the top
Marmonte League preview: Boys' water polo
By Thomas Gase tgase@theacorn.com
      The Royal High boys' water polo team wants what Agoura has, and, no, it's not just a Marmonte League title. The Highlanders wouldn't mind capturing their own league title for the first time since 2005, but what head coach Steve Snyder is really looking forward to is a CIF-Southern Section Div...
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Fall sports preview schedule
      The Acorn has begun previewing fall sports in the Marmonte League. If you've missed anything, Web users can read archived stories at www.toacorn.com. Here's the ongoing schedule: • Aug.
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Injury at Royal opens things up in league title chase
Marmonte League preview: Boys' cross country
By Thomas Gase tgase@theacorn.com
      An injury to Royal High's top cross country runner, junior Travis Edwards, has left the race for the top spot in the Marmonte League wide open. Royal head coach Ryan Luce declined to identify the type of injury, although the coach did admit it will keep Edwards out for a couple of months and p...
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Solomon wins Punt, Pass & Kick competition
     HE CAN KICK—Matthew Solomon, a third-grader at Sycamore Canyon School in Dos Vientos Ranch, won the 8/9 age division at the Pepsi NFL Punt, Pass & Kick competition during the Dallas Cowboys' training camp in Oxnard. Matthew will advance to a regional competition in October.
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Carpenter, Henderson to meet on college gridiron
      Two of the most productive Marmonte League football players in recent memory will be on opposite sidelines Saturday at 7 p.m. when the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks do battle with the Arizona State Sun Devils at Tempe, Ariz.
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DeVetis produces in pool
      After enduring five days of preliminaries and finals at the Junior Olympics in Santa Clarita, Anthony DeVetis made the top eight of five swimming events.
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Oaks Christian, La Reina closing in on Oak Park
Tri-Valley League cross country squads look strong again
By Thomas Gase tgase@theacorn.com
      Clearly, the cross country teams at Oak Park High, Oaks Christian and La Reina have their standards set a little higher than most schools. The Oaks Christian girls' squad claimed the CIF-Southern Section Division IV state championship last season.
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Silver still sweet for USA water polo
By Stephen Dorman sdorman@theacorn.com
      It wasn't the gold medals they'd coveted, but silver will certainly suffice for the United States men's water polo team. After training at Oaks Christian and Cal Lutheran in the months leading up to the Summer Olympics, the U.S. squad, led by head coach Terry Schroeder, a Westlake resident...
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Montana named starting QB at Oaks Christian
      Nick Montana, the son of NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Montana, has been selected as Oaks Christian's starting signalcaller to begin the season, head coach Bill Redell has confirmed. Montana, a junior who transferred from De La Salle in Concord, beat out Tony Macarena for the No. 1...
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CIF offering online newsletter for parents
      The California Interscholastic Federation State Office has begun distributing a monthly electronic newsletter designed for parents of the more than 735,000 high school studentathletes in the state.
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