BOYS' WATER POLO: AGOURA TOPS ROYAL TO SHARE MARMONTE.Byline: HEATHER GRIPP Staff Writer 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. -- Dusty Litvak packed an extra change of clothing just in case. His Agoura High 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 made sure he needed those clothes, as they gave the coach reason to finish the regular season at the center of an in-pool celebration. In a showdown of the top two teams in the Southern Section Div. IV rankings, Agoura defeated No. 1 Royal of Simi Valley 6-5 on Friday at Rancho Simi Rancho San José de Nuestra Senora de Altagarcia y Simi is one of the land grants in California by the Spanish government. The name derives from Shimiji, the name of the Chumash village here before the Spanish. Community Park to earn 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 and a probable top seed in playoff pairings scheduled to be released Monday. The Highlanders, who beat the Chargers earlier in the season, hadn't lost at home all season and hadn't lost to Agoura since the Chargers won their last league title in 2002. Although the teams split their season series and are officially league co-champions, Agoura won a coin flip for the higher seed in the postseason. ``We are amazed,'' said Chargers senior Alex Thompson, who scored a game-high three goals. ``We are psyched. We are pumped. I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. how else to describe it. ... This is big. We proved we can play with anyone.'' Royal's only lead of the afternoon was on the game's initial score, a penalty shot by Barry Snyder with 5:53 left in the firstquarter. Snyder evened the score at 5-5 with his second goal of the game. But just 23 seconds later, Agoura's Peter Kurzeka propelled himself high out of the water and spun around to fire what would be the final goal of the game with 1:43 remaining in the third quarter. Several missed shots by Royal (24-4, 11-1), including two in the final minute, and a much-improved Agoura (24-4, 11-1) defense were the difference from the team's previous meeting. ``The key was completely defense,'' Litvak said. ``Our defense was unbelievable today. This game was all heart and defense. It was a team defensive effort, we didn't win this on offense.'' Justin Kovanis, who scored twice, and Thompson were the only Chargers with multiple goals. Agoura goalkeeper Ryan Paris Ryan Paris (born Fabio Roscioli in 1953 in Rome, Italy) is an artist who gained international popularity in 1983 for the worldwide hit, Dolce Vita composed and produced by Pierluigi Giombini. made 12 saves, one more than Royal's Stash stash Drug slang noun A place where illicit drugs are hidden Dabrowski made in a similarly solid outing. Scott Snyder Scott Snyder (b 1976) is an American writer. His first collection of stories, Voodoo Heart, was published by the Dial Press in June, 2006. Snyder also teaches writing at Columbia University. He lives in New York and is married to Dr. Jeanie Ripton. , Tyler McClure and Blake Hubbell rounded out the Royal scoring with one goal each. heather.gripp@dailynews.com (818) 713-3607 CAPTION(S): photo, box Photo: The Agoura High boys' water polo team celebrates its victory over Royal High to share the Marmonte League title. Gene Blevins/Special to the Daily News Box: LOCAL HEROES |
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