CHASE IS ON ONCE AGAIN WESTLAKE LEADS BY 14 STROKES IN MARMONTE LEAGUE TOURNEY.Byline: Dave Shelburne Staff Writer Will it be more of the same? Or will this be the year 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. teams that perpetually pursue Westlake High finally catch the Warriors? Midway through the four-round league championship tournament, it looks like a repeat of past seasons - but by a much smaller margin. Tournament leader Westlake enters third-round play at Simi Hills The Simi Hills are a low rocky mountain range in Southern California. Geography Simi Hills is located on the western edge of the San Fernando Valley, United States. They run east-west and they extend 26 miles east-west, and 7 miles north-south. Golf Course on May 2 with a 14-stroke lead over second-place 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. . Third-place Royal is 20 strokes back of the Warriors, while fourth-place 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. is 21 off the pace and fifth-place Newbury Park trails the leaders by 29. Westlake again could prove too tough to catch, as the Warriors have shown nine of the past 10 years. But there is another important race that will be played out over the final two rounds at Simi Hills and Sunset Hills Country Club (May 4). Only three Marmonte teams will earn league berths into the Southern Section's May 8 Central Coast Divisional tournament at La Purisima GC in Lompoc, and five teams are in the running for those three spots. ``This is as balanced as I've seen it in seven years,'' said Westlake coach Dave Costley, whose Warriors have won every league tournament in that span. ``Thousand Oaks is very good, I think Simi Valley is excellent, Royal has the best two players in the league with Roy Moon and Scott Fulkerson, and Newbury Park is coming off a career round at Los Robles Robles is a common surname in the Spanish language meaning oaks, and may refer to:
A look at those postseason candidates: --Westlake: Juniors Doug Miller (74-70) and Brian O'Flaherty (71-74) rank 2-4 in individual Marmonte play at the tournament's midway point, and freshman Darren Schwartz, sophomore Taylor Neal, senior Chad Wensel and junior Brian Francis also are in the top 20 with six of their combined eight tournament rounds in the 70s. If this young Westlake team lacks some of the firepower fire·pow·er n. 1. The capacity, as of a weapon, weapons system, military unit, or position, for delivering fire. 2. The ability to deliver fire against an enemy in combat. Noun 1. the Warriors have flashed in past years - before J.T. Kohut, Brandon DiTullio, Alex Kuyumjian and Ross Fulgentis moved into the Pac-10 ranks - there remains much talent and a hefty heft·y adj. heft·i·er, heft·i·est 1. Of considerable weight; heavy. 2. Rugged and powerful. See Synonyms at heavy. 3. dose of confidence-building tradition. This is a program that has produced a region-best two state championships, a lofty accomplishment even by the high standards of the golf-rich Marmonte League. --Thousand Oaks: Senior Ryan Pitek, who fired a league-best 68 at Simi Hills in last year's Marmonte tournament, got off to an 80-73 start this year for the Lancers lanc·er n. 1. A cavalryman armed with a lance. 2. A member of a regiment originally armed with lances. 3. lancers (used with a sing. verb) a. A kind of quadrille. b. , led by Kurt Taylor (74-72) and Chris Pederson (78-71). Coach Richard Hanger's team, which lost only one player from last year's fifth-place league finisher, also includes Jan Sand and Eric Paris among its top five scorers in the tournament. --Royal: Coach Bob Misko's Highlanders challenge with the league's best player - and one of the best in the section - in UCLA-bound senior Roy Moon, who held off two-time defending league champion Kohut of Westlake to win the league title last season. Moon, runner-up in the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. City Junior Championship earlier this week, started the Marmonte tournament 70-67 and already holds a seven-stroke advantage on his closest competition. Scott Fulkerson (70-78) Paul Bartholomew, Steve Tabor, Steve Sospavon and Nick Broadhurst have been other top scorers for Royal in the tournament. --Simi Valley: Veteran Jay Paris - 35 years at the school - took over this season for Ty McDermott, who nearly got Simi Valley to the Southern Section final last year. Paris has another good team. Mark Modglin (77-68) and Alan Johnson (76-78) have been season-long leaders and Chris MacLaughlin (73-77 for a top-10 start), Pat Field and Dante Ciolfi have been other top scorers for the Pioneers in the tournament. --Newbury Park: Tim Ponzi (80-71) and Joe Larson (80-73) have been the top scorers for coach Greg Ropes' Panthers, who blitzed blitzed adj. Slang Drunk or intoxicated. to a 368 at Los Robles in the second round of the league tournament. They tied Simi Valley for first in that round while handing Westlake a rare tournament- round loss and jumping back into playoff play·off also play-off n. Sports 1. A final game or series of games played to break a tie. 2. A series of games played to determine a championship. Noun 1. contention. Josh Lambeth, David Day David Day may refer to the following persons:
CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1) Royal's Roy Moon started the Marmonte tournament 70-67 and already holds a seven-stroke advantage on his closest competition. Andy Holzman/Staff Photographer (2 -- ran in Conejo edition only) Juniors Doug Miller (74-70) and Brian O'Flaherty (71-74), pictured, rank 2-4 in individual play at the Marmonte tournament's midway point. (3) Mark Modglin (77-68), pictured, and Chris MacLaughlin (73-77) are Simi Valley's leaders at the midway point of the Marmonte tournament. Evan Yee/Staff Photographer |
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