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Warren, South seek elusive CIF title
A CIF championship banner is going up for the first time in at least one Southern California gym next fall. That much is guaranteed after Saturday’s CIF-SS Division 3 final between No. 1 Warren
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So much more than a volleyball match
(Division 1 final preview) The guy in a Westside Rental uniform sat on the bench, a few feet away from the Mira Costa drum line. Anytime the band starting jamming during stoppage time, he
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Oak Park, CdM share finals stage but little else
The CIF-SS Division 2 championship match is a lot like a scene from the movie Super Troopers. The city police and highway patrol are fighting for territory, but that doesn’t stop a pair of
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Boys HS: 2012 Playoff Headquarters
Not one. Not two. Not three. Not four. But five. That’s how many tackles Keanu Reeves’ character Johnny Utah breaks on his way to tackling Patrick Swayze’s character Bodhi while playing beach football in
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Mira Costa changes positions with Esperanza
(From left to right, Brooks Varni, Jackson Carr, Keith Waddell, Kevin Inlow and Chris Orenic.) Payback is a … satisfying thing. Mira Costa reveled in it Tuesday night. Weeks ago Mira Costa suffered its
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On the Set: Esperanza’s Blake Auerbach
Let’s flash back to last June, the end of the 2011 boys volleyball season. In getting a handle on the upcoming season, it wasn’t difficult to predict teams like Loyola, Esperanza, Mira Costa and
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Boys HS: Playoff Wrap
The Best of the West in March and the Santa Barbara/Karch Kiraly TOC in April are two of the season’s prominent tournaments. In March, it was Loyola taking down Servite in that final. In
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Servite sweats out victory over San Clemente
(Servite’s Tim Favreau, left, and Brian Mendoza the team’s victory against San Clemente.) The “We are Sweaty!” chants broke out from the Servite student section midway through the host school’s meeting with San Clemente
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Esperanza’s game too much for Thousand Oaks
(Blake Auerbach, left, and John Oxnard talk about beating Thousand Oaks.) Were the CIF playoffs to work anything like a presidential election, Esperanza would have Thousand Oaks’ endorsement after what transpired Thursday night. Esperanza
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On the Set: Oak Park’s Bradley Sakaida
Somewhere, a Hollywood producer is laying in wait, cheering Bradley Sakaida and his Oak Park teammates on. The red carpet loves a feel-good story and few have the potential heart-warming effects like this one.
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