Sweet summer start for soccer girls
      KICKING THEIR WAY TO THE TOP— The Real So Cal Girls GU15 White Soccer team was crowned U.S. finals champion at the Manchester United Premier Cup at Nike World Headquarters in Beaverton, Ore. Front row, from left: Natalie Rivas, Nicole Kawamoto, Arielle Ship, Joy Pearson, Madeleine Clarfield, Laura Rivera, Kristiana Konkol-Mroczkowski and Jo Jo Lagunas.
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Perrault pumps life into the Panthers
New boys' basketball coach sets a furious pace
By Eliav Appelbaum eliav@theacorn.com
      Jeff Perrault looks like he's been working nonstop since he became the varsity boys' basketball coach at Newbury Park High in the second week of May. The coach has a Pau Gasol 5 o'clock shadow going. He didn't have time to eat all day on June 15, his first day running his Coach P's Camp for young basketball players.
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Eagles soar in upper-level division
      TALENT— The Eagles, a U-10 girls' soccer squad, won the U-11 title at the SAS Kickers Simi Valley Spring Cup. Pictured in the front row, from left, are Kayla Manion, Kristen Enriquez, Sami Fairweather, Lulu Gilbert and Jackie Banning.
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Westlake sweeps CIF volleyball awards
Yelich, Marder make first team for baseball
      Postseason honors continue to pour in for local athletes. This time, the CIF-Southern Section recently released its allsection teams. Boys' volleyball Westlake High outside hitter Jake Kneller is the Player of the Year for the All-CIF Southern Section Division II boys' volleyball team.
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Rubenstein caps Pepperdine career with prestigious honor
Oaks Christian alumna was a standout netter for Waves
      Julie Rubenstein, a recent Pepperdine graduate and a fouryear standout with the women's volleyball team, won the 2009 Mike Gilleran Award as the West Coast Conference's top female scholar-athlete. Rubenstein, a Camarillo native and Oaks Christian graduate, finished one of the best careers in Pepperdine history in 2008.
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Acorn fast fact: college football
      College football season is closer than you might think. Southern California and UCLA both open the '09 cam paign Sept. 5 at home. USC plays host to San Jose State, while the Bruins take on San Diego State at the Rose Bowl.
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Italian youngster a stallion in the pole vault
      Gino Colella, a seventh-grader from St. Jude the Apostle School in Westlake, won a Southern California Junior Olympics title in the pole vault. Competing against kids one year older, Gino vaulted 9.2 feet to secure the win.
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Field hockey tourney draws local talent
      Several area athletes competed for the USA Field Hockey Men's Under-21 Team against 19 other squads from around the world at the Junior World Cup Field Hockey Tournament, which ran from June 7 to 21 in Malaysia. The United States lost to Singapore 3-1 in its final match, finishing in 20th and last place overall.
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