PREP GOLF: IN FULL SWING LOCAL TEAMS BEGIN DIVISIONAL PLAYOFFS TODAY.Byline: Dave Shelburne Staff Writer It's crunch time for the area's best high school golf teams today, when Southern Section divisional play opens at eight sites - each of which will advance two teams to Thursday's section final at Saticoy Country Club. 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. champion Westlake, the area's most successful program with two state titles, plays at difficult and windy La Purisima GC in Lompoc. The Warriors are expected to wage a five-team battle with Atascadero, San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo (săn l  `ĭs ōbĭs`pō), city (1990 pop. 41,958), seat of San Luis Obispo co., S Calif., near San Luis Obispo Bay; inc. 1856. , defending state champion San Marcos San Marcos (săn mär`kəs).1 City (1990 pop. 38,974), San Diego co., S Calif., a northern suburb of San Diego; settled 1880s, inc. 1963. and Kyle Dowden-led Camarillo (19-0) for the two championship berths. Westlake, which struggled early, has gone 12-1 since a midseason sweep by Valencia and Hart, finishing the regular season 21-7 and winning last week's league title by 41 strokes. ``We're a different team now,'' said coach Dave Costley. ``If we get past (today), I like our chances against anyone.'' The Warriors will be relying heavily on underclassmen. Chad Wensel is the only senior in a top six headed by juniors Doug Miller and Brian O'Flaherty. Freshmen Darren Schwartz (78-75-74-77 in the league championship) and Jason Wilk and sophomore Taylor Neal have been other top contributors on a team Costley says is probably 25 to 30 percent better than the one that was 9-6 after the attention-getting sweep by Hart and Valencia. ``We're playing as well now as we have all year,'' the Westlake coach said, ``which is the perfect time to do it.'' Once-beaten Calabasas, paced by UC Irvine-bound Justin Ohye, and youthful Flintridge Prep, led by returning Southern Section finalist Jeff Osborn, both play today at Sun Lakes Sun Lakes can refer to:
The deepest divisional competition - overall and from an area standpoint - could come at Soule Park GC in Ojai. Twelve area teams will compete there, including 11-time Foothill League champion Hart and rising programs Campbell Hall Campbell Hall can refer to:
The Ojai-based Rangers, upset in last year's prelims while fielding perhaps their best team ever, returned enough talent this season - led by Tri-Valley League champion Tommy Hajduk - to shoot 1-under-par 359 in a league match at Soule. ``You could say they've got the home-court advantage,'' said Oak Park coach John Vogel John Vogel is a video game developer. He's filled many roles in game development, one of them being storyline support for the Mortal Kombat fighting game series. [1] Credited games
Oak Park, led by returning Southern Section individual finalist James Logeman, went on to capture the league team title and included wins over postseason qualifiers Westlake, Calabasas, Highland and Nordhoff in the Eagles' best season to date. Hart, another late-blooming team, has gone 31-1-1 since a 6-5 start. Coach Dennis Ford's Indians enter the postseason with one of the area's top players in sophomore Brian Edick, the Foothill League MVP (Multimedia Video Processor) A high-speed DSP chip from Texas Instruments, introduced in 1994. Officially introduced as the TMS320C80, it combines RISC technology with the functionality of four DSPs on one chip. who was a U.S. Junior Amateur finalist last summer. Campbell Hall, in only its second year of golf, earned its section berth with a 17-1 record, going 10-0 to topple perennial power Brentwood for the Delphic League title. Freshman Anthony Kim Anthony Kim (born June 19, 1985) is an American professional golfer. Kim was born in Los Angeles. He was part of the winning USA team in the 2005 Walker Cup. Professional career , another U.S. Junior Amateur finalist last summer, leads the Vikings and won the Delphic individual title. Harvard-Westlake, fielding a team which includes just one starting senior, won its first title in 15 years by tying preseason favorites Notre Dame Notre Dame IPA: [nɔtʁ dam] is French for Our Lady, referring to the Virgin Mary. In the United States of America, Notre Dame and Loyola at 10-2 in Mission League dual meets, then winning the league final. Coach Gary Thran's Wolverines were led in that closing effort by sophomore Scott MacDonald
Scott Macdonald was a member of the Canadian band The Spoons, from the mid 80's to the early 90's and a few reunion concerts in the late 90's and early 2000's. , junior Matt Fields and freshmen Nick Jenneck and Sean Bennett Sean Bennett (born February 14, 1979) is a classical pianist originally from Downers Grove, IL. He has generated controversy for publicly rejecting purist classical interpretations in favor of more original performances which depart from the score. - all top-seven finishers. Fields came within one stroke of tying two-time individual champion Tommy Barber of Notre Dame for this year's title. Barber, who shot 64 to set a course record at Tustin Ranch last summer, makes Notre Dame a threat to advance if he heats up again today. Area postseason entries: --At Soule Park: Campbell Hall, Canyon, 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. , Hart, Harvard-Westlake, Highland, Loyola, Notre Dame, Oak Park, Palmdale, Quartz Hill, Valencia (8 a.m. shotgun start). --At La Purisima:off! Camarillo, Hillcrest Christian/Granada Hills, Rio Mesa, Royal, Thousand Oaks, Village Christian, Westlake (8 a.m. shotgun start). --At Sun Lakes: Calabasas, Flintridge Prep (1 p.m. shotgun start). CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) Doug Miller is a key member of Westlake's golf team, which won the Marmonte League title last week by 41 strokes. (2) Dave Costley Evan Yee/Staff Photographer |
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