Herrera is one of a kind
Thousand Oaks' gap-toothed 'Bear' loves wrestling, cars
By Thomas Gase tgase@theacorn.com
      Like a classic car, John Herrera continues to get better with age. By the time Herrera was in the seventh grade, he'd become bored with playing football, so he decided to give up the gridiron sport and try wrestling.
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Oaks Christian's Jones, Marsh named top football players
      Oaks Christian junior running back Malcolm Jones is the Offensive Player of the Year in the CIF-Southern Section Northwest Division for football. Cassius Marsh, another Lion junior, was named coDefensive Player of the Year.
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SoCal baseball rankings favor Simi
      Simi Valley High was ranked second in the Southern California preseason high school baseball poll released by the website www.BaseballResource.com. The Pioneers are the defend ing CIFSouthern Section Division I champions.
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WHS soccer team in attack mode
Warrior boys to face Newbury Park at home Friday night
By Stephen Dorman sdorman@theacorn.com
      Entering his 13th season as head coach of the Westlake High boys' soccer team, Bill Propster didn't know what to expect from his young Warrior roster.
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Acorn showdown: Who's going to win Super Bowl XLIII?
Sideburn-sporting scribes Eliav Appelbaum and Thomas Gase debate the victor of Sunday's big game
      Outlook: The Arizona Cardinals will win Super Bowl XLIII. That might look crazy in print, but it's not nearly as blasphemous as seeing "Chicago Cubs" and "winning" and "World Series" in the same sentence. It's too easy to pick the Pittsburgh Steelers. Haven't the Steelers won every other Super Bowl?
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Sign-ups continue for girls' lacrosse
      The Southern California Lacrosse Association is forming girls' lacrosse teams for the spring season in the communities of Newbury Park, Thousand Oaks, Camarillo, Calabasas, Agoura, Westlake, Simi Valley and Moorpark.
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