BOYS' WATER POLO: AGOURA RIPS ROYAL, EARNS SHARE OF MARMONTE TITLE AGOURA 9, ROYAL 2.Byline: Heather Gripp Staff Writer AGOURA HILLS - Erik Acevedo finally can get a good night's sleep. The Agoura High senior goalkeeper made sure of that by making 14 saves to anchor a stingy stin·gy adj. stin·gi·er, stin·gi·est 1. Giving or spending reluctantly. 2. Scanty or meager: a stingy meal; stingy with details about the past. defense that led the Agoura boys' water polo water polo, swimming game encompassing features of soccer, football, basketball, and hockey. The object of the game is to maneuver, by head, feet, or hand, a leather-covered ball 27 to 28 in. team to a 9-2 victory Friday over visiting Royal of Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. . The win clinches at least a share of the Marmonte League The Marmonte League is a high school sports league primarily made up of schools from Ventura County. The Marmonte Leauge is part of the CIF Southern Section. Click here to view the league schedule. title for the Chargers and ensures the Highlanders, who resided atop the league for nearly two decades, will go without a league title for the second year in a row. ``I lost a lot of sleep over this one,'' Acevedo said. ``All week we've been thinking about this.'' Agoura (19-4, 8-0) took the lead when Matt Carson scored the game's first goal with 24.9 seconds remaining in the first quarter. The Chargers pulled away in the second period with goals on each of their first three shots. A backhanded shot by Ryan Diamond late in the second quarter provided Royal's first goal. The Highlanders, who dropped to 5-3 in league, didn't score again until David Fisher David Fisher is the name of:
Agoura's Brian Rozzen and Donavan Tatum had a game-high two goals apiece. |
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