ROYAL HAS TOO MUCH FOR T.O. ROYAL 3, THOUSAND OAKS 1.Byline: Lee Barnathan Staff Writer 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. - In the end, they were no better than just about any other previous 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. boys' volleyball team. Royal remains the undisputed 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. Thousand Oaks gave it everything it had Friday night in trying to win a share of its second league title, but Royal maintained its dominance with an 11-15, 15-9, 17-15, 15-10 victory in the regular-season finale for both teams. The match lasted 2 hours, 21 minutes, 12 minutes longer than earlier this season. Kevin Baxter's career-best 31 kills helped the Highlanders (21-6, 12-0). Middle blocker Kyle Vondrak, who had 26 kills last time against 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. , had 15 kills this time, as did Darren Miller Darren Miller is a fictional character in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. He is played by Charlie G. Hawkins, and made his first appearance on 6 September 2004. . Ryan Upmeyer had 14 kills. Thousand Oaks (16-4, 10-2) got 12 kills from Danny Raven and 11 kills each from Chip Neff and Micah Porter. The Lancers also got help from 25 Royal service errors. This was the Thousand Oaks team many thought could knock off Royal. Coach James Park James Park VC (1835 -14 June 1858) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. gave them a chance, too. But in the end, this group of eight seniors couldn't even reach a fifth game. At least the 1996 Lancers squad did that, and the 1994 team beat Royal and shared the league title. So all the early-season tournament wins, the semifinal showing at last week's prestigious Redondo tournament, and likely even the possible playoff success that awaits the lancers next week (Souther Section playoff brackets are released Monday), failing to beat Royal will make for sad memories. Royal has never lost a league match at home since the Marmonte League began in 1990. Thousand Oaks came out strongly and won the first game, showing better poise and passing ability than in the first matchup three weeks ago. When it trailed, T.O. came back. When it led, it often withstood Royal rallies. And it doubled the block on Vondrak. |
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