10 questions with Kris King
      Senior forward Kris King is a vital member of the Royal High girls' basketball team. An All-Marmonte League performer a year ago, King currently leads the firstplace Highlanders in points (14.6) and rebounds (6.3) per game.
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Lady Lancers performing well on the pitch
Grace Brethren plays important home match today vs. Carpinteria
By Thomas Gase tgase@theacorn.com
      After struggling for many years, the Grace Brethren girls' soccer team's future is bright. Entering last night's game at Bishop Diego High, the Lancers, 8-4-1 overall and 3-2-1 in the Frontier League, trailed only Carpinteria in the league standings.
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SVHS hoops team ranked ninth in state
      The Simi Valley High boys' basketball team is one of the best squads in California, according to the latest rankings by CalHiSports.com. The Pioneers (21-1 overall, 10-0 in the Marmonte League) were ranked No. 9 in the website's latest poll, released on Tuesday.
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The Acorn's Super Bowl XLII showdown: Giants vs. Patriots
Sportswriters Thomas Gase and Stephen Dorman discuss Sunday's big game in Arizona
      Outlook: In his biography "The GM," former New York Giants general manager Ernie Accorsi apologizes for his team's performance in Super Bowl XXXV, a 34-7 loss to the Baltimore Ravens in January of 2001, by saying, "I'd like to blame our offensive game plan, but I'm not sure we ...
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