BOYS' WATER POLO: MARMONTE TEAMS VYING FOR BIDS.Byline: - Ramona Shelburne Ramona Shelburne is an American sports journalist currently writing for the Los Angeles Daily News. Shelburne was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. She attended El Camino Real High School in Woodland Hills, California where she was a class valedictorian. Three 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. teams - Moorpark, Westlake and Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. - are battling for the final two playoff berths in 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. , but a coin flip will not make the determination. That's no consolation for Dusty Litvak, whose Agoura High team two years ago tied for third and saw its season end with a coin flip. Litvak has no such worries this year: His team has a firm grip on second place. The Marmonte now gets four playoff berths, which means one team ranked in Southern Section Div. IV will miss the postseason. If two or more teams are tied at the end of the league season, a playoff will be held Nov. 4. A coin flip would be held, to determine playoff seeding, if two teams are tied for third place. If there's a three-way tie for third, a coin flip would determine which team receives a bye in the three-team playoff. The others would play in the morning, and the winner would play the bye team that afternoon. --Streak talk: It's no coincidence that La Canada's six-game winning streak Noun 1. winning streak - a streak of wins streak, run - an unbroken series of events; "had a streak of bad luck"; "Nicklaus had a run of birdies" has coincided with senior Doug McNeese's hot streak. McNeese, sometimes overshadowed by Devon Borisoff, Gamal Rady and Jordan Thompson, has scored 14 goals during the six games. ``Doug is our best outside shooter and driver. He shows a great deal of leadership in and out of the pool,'' Spartans' coach Larry Naeve said. Daily News: TOP 10 1. Harvard-Westlake 23-2 2. La Canada 18-5 3. Royal 18-4 4. Agoura 17-6 5. Oaks Christian 24-1 6. Moorpark 17-7 7. Westlake 15-8 8. Thousand Oaks 13-10 9. Malibu1 4-10 10. Crescenta Valley The Crescenta Valley is a small inland valley in Los Angeles County, California. Its name derives from its crescent-like shape, with the convex portion facing roughly northeast and the concave portion southwest. 17-7 CAPTION(S): 2 boxes Box: (1) Daily News: TOP 10 (2) No. 9 MOORPARK at No. 11 SIMI VALLEY |
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