MOORPARK'S SHADOW LOOMS LARGE; NEW MARMONTE TEAM MAKES LEAGUE TOUGHER.Byline: Chris Branam Daily News Staff Writer Most 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. girls' basketball coaches breathed a sigh of relief when Channel Islands High shifted to the newly-created Pacific View League last summer. After all, the Raiders had UCLA-bound Jaline Bradley, one of the top players on the West Coast, returning for her senior season. But look who the league got in return: Moorpark and senior Damaris Hinojosa, the area's leading scorer last year who signed with Pepperdine in November. The Musketeers were 10-0 in the Frontier League The Frontier League, based in Troy, Illinois, is a professional, independent baseball organization located in the Midwestern United States and Western Pennsylvania. It operates mostly in cities not served by Major or Minor League Baseball teams and is not affiliated with either. and 22-4 overall last year. Already, Hinojosa has helped the Musketeers to two tournament finals and an 11-1 record entering Monday night's league opener at 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. . How will Moorpark's entrance affect the Marmonte? Brent Milburn, the Musketeers' fourth-year coach, said it is an obvious step up in competition. ``We have to be more consistent in playing well every night,'' Milburn said. ``We've toughened up our schedule. We've got to play well every game and that's good for us. This is a well-balanced league.'' In the Frontier League, Moorpark really only had to prepare well for its two games against Nordhoff. That won't be the case this season in a league that is very deep. ``It might be the most competitive league in the (Southern Section),'' Simi Valley coach Dave Murphy said. After struggling to a sub-.500 record (6-8) in league last year, Simi Valley, a three-time league champion in 18 years under Murphy, has bounced back. The Pioneers were 11-3 in the preseason and two freshmen start - center Sherice Gamble and forward Teresa Cooper, the younger sister of Tawnee Cooper, the player of the year in Ventura County in 1996. ``We've played well at times,'' Murphy said, ``but we're still making young mistakes.'' Newbury Park is also young and talented. Three sophomores who were on last year's 22-0 freshman team are now on the varsity. There is no one standout, but this is definitely coach Nori Parvin's best group since the Panthers advanced to the Division III
Division III (or DIII) is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association of the United States. state championship game in 1995. The Panthers are also more motivated than usual to get a 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. spot. They tied for fourth in league with Simi Valley, but the Pioneers went to the playoffs. So Moorpark, Simi Valley and Newbury Park are the three favorites to contend for the league title. Where does that leave Royal 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. , the co-champions last year? Fighting for playoff spots. The Highlanders were hit hard by graduation, losing all-league performers Alicia Weber, Jessica Sanders and Becca Voigt. Royal gained foreign exchange student Mari Myllykoski this fall, and Myllykoski now must become the scoring leader with standout junior Kristin Galbreath out for almost half the league season with a broken hand. Thousand Oaks also lost two all-league players - Elena Salvador and Liz Nesbitt - and longtime coach Chuck Brown
Chuck Brown (b. 1934) is an African-American jazz guitarist and singer who is affectionately called "The Godfather of Go-Go". , who retired. New coach Tom Strasburger was left with only four returning varsity players, but 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. were 8-4 after taking fifth at their tournament last week. Westlake and Agoura are both expected to improve upon last year's 3-11 league records. The Warriors have one of the league's top scorers in sophomore forward Tawny taw·ny n. A light brown to brownish orange. [Middle English, from Anglo-Norman taune, variant of Old French tane, from past participle of taner, to tan; see tan Thorp, and the Chargers also feature a high-scoring sophomore forward - Jennifer Lacy Jennifer Lacy (born March 21 1983) is a professional basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA. Lacy graduated from Agoura Hills High School in Agoura Hills, California in 2001. . SEVEN TO WATCH The top girls' basketball players in the Marmonte League (listed alphabetically): Player, team Position Damaris Hinojosa, Moorpark G-F Jennifer Lacy, Agoura C Mari Myllykoski, Royal G-F Teresa Russell, Royal C Jamie Sturdivant, Simi Valley G Tawny Thorp, Westlake F AnnMarie Turpin, Simi Valley F CAPTION(S): Photo, Box PHOTO The addition of Moorpark spells trouble for teams in the Marmonte basketball league Noun 1. basketball league - a league of basketball teams basketball team, five - a team that plays basketball league, conference - an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members . Gene Blevins/Special to the Daily News BOX: SEVEN TO WATCH (see text) |
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