OAKS CHRISTIAN COULD HAVE NATION'S BEST FOOTBALL TEAM.

Byline: Vincent Bonsignore Staff Writer

The Oaks Christian of Westlake Village football team is expected to be one of the best in California the next two seasons.

A young roster brimming with talented juniors boasts at least 10 NCAA Division I prospects, according to many talent evaluators, and those players are expected to help the Lions challenge for a mythical national championship by 2006.

Oaks Christian recently finalized deals to play powerhouses St. Bonaventure of Ventura and Archbishop Moeller of Cincinnati in 2006, ensuring a national-level schedule to go with its nationally recognized roster.

``We're definitely looking forward to the challenge,'' Oaks Christian coach Bill Redell said. ``We've really been looking to upgrade our schedule, and we feel we've done that.''

The Moeller game, which is expected to be televised by ESPN, will be played Sept. 16, 2006, at Bearcat Stadium on the campus of the University of Cincinnati.

The St. Bonaventure game will take place a week later at Larabee Stadium at Ventura High School. Oaks Christian and St. Bonaventure also will meet the following season.

--Former USC defensive back Marvin Williams is the new football coach at St. Genevieve of Panorama City, and he has USC coach Pete Carroll to thank.

St. Genevieve athletic director Marlon Archey played for Carroll at North Carolina State in the early 1980s, and he couldn't help but notice the similarities between Williams and Carroll as he got to know Williams during the interview process.

``In terms of his high energy and enthusiasm, he reminds me a lot of coach Carroll, and that's exactly the type of coach we've been looking for,'' Archey said. ``I can't tell you how excited we are to have (Williams) on board.''

Williams, who played at USC from 1979 to '84, was an assistant coach at Whittier College.

--Jillian Schnitman, a junior at Calabasas, teamed with Brentwood's Logan Hansen to win a tennis doubles silver medal in the girls' junior division at the 17th World Maccabiah Games in Israel.

Schnitman and Hansen, who needed three sets to win their quarterfinal match Thursday and advanced to the final with a walkover victory Friday, lost 6-3, 6-2 to Israel's Yael Anais and Oryan Ben Haim in the championship match Sunday at the Jerusalem Tennis Center.

Hansen also won a bronze medal in singles, defeating Ben Haim 6-2, 6-0 in the third-place match. Schnitman, who helped Calabasas win the Southern Section Div. I title last year, reached the quarterfinals of the singles tournament.

--Chelsea Sawyer, a senior at El Camino Real of Woodland Hills, led a group of four local divers in the 16-18 division at the Summer Junior West National Championships in Oklahoma.

Sawyer, a two-time City Section champion, finished seventh on the 10-meter platform, eighth on the 3-meter springboard and 19th on the 1-meter board.

Peggy Kearns was fourth on the platform, and Anet Babayan, a Glendale junior, was 24th.

La Canada's Edgar Simonyan, the Daily News All-Area Boys' Diver of the Year, finished 29th on the 1-meter springboard and 33rd on the 3-meter board.

--Former Louisville of Woodland Hills girls' volleyball standout Lindsey Benson led the Sports Shack 18-1 club team to the title at the Reno Volleyball Festival.

Benson will play next season at Cal Lutheran.

--Former Cal State Northridge guard Markus Carr, who led the nation with 8.9 assists per game in 2000, is writing home loans in Woodland Hills after playing professionally in Austria and Venezuela.

``It's a different type of lifestyle, in that it's not the adrenaline that you're used to,'' Carr said. ``You're used to having a competitive edge on the court. Now you're competing with yourself and other people in the same field.''

Erik Boal and Jill Painter contributed.

Vincent Bonsignore, [phone]

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