Vipers take trophy at Ojai tourney
      BIG WIN- The Camarillo Vipers won the Ojai Turkey Shootout Baseball Tournament in the under age 11 division last weekend. The Vipers defeated Ventura Venom 15-0 on Friday night and the Santa Clarita Bandits 9-2 on Saturday. The team went on to defeat the Valencia Synergy 6-2 Sunday morni...
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Field hockey team wins pool championship
      CHAMPS- The Camarillo Cougars, a field hockey team composed of players under age 19 from throughout Ventura County, captured their pool championship at the 2007 National Hockey Festival last weekend in Indo, Calif. The Camarillo Cougars won four games and tied two, defeating teams from Ohio, New ...
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Vargas' story is one of turmoil and triumph
By Kyle Jorrey kjorrey@theacorn.com
      I'll never forget the first and last time I came facetoface with "Ferocious" Fernando Vargas. It was January 2005, and I- then the Acorn's lead sports reporter- had just landed my biggest interview since coming to the paper: a one-on-one with Oxnard's original bad boy.
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Spartan boys' basketball digging in on defense
By Thomas Gase tgase@theacorn.com
      Many athletes use numbers to help create standards. For baseball players, the number is often .300 for batting average, while in football the number is 100 for rushing yards from a tailback. For the Rio Mesa High boys' basketball team, the key number this season is 50.
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Young traded to Twins
      Delmon Young, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2003 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, has been traded from Tampa Bay to the Minnesota Twins, ESPN.com reported on its website Thursday.
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