Rule change allows high school coaches to work with players year-round
CIF-SS votes to eradicate 'Association Rule'
      For the first time in 32 years the CIF-Southern Section will eliminate outofseason restrictions on coaches working with their student-athletes. In a 41-37 vote of the CIF-SS Council, Rule 313 of the CIF-SS Constitution and ByLaws, otherwise known as the Bluebook, will be eliminated from ...
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Pioneer softball team earns top billing
     WENDY PIERRO/Acorn Newspapers ON FIRE- Simi Valley High shortstop Sam Fischer tags out a Newbury Park's Nicole Checkie during a game last month. In the latest CIF-Southern Section Division I coaches' poll, Simi was ranked No. 1. SVHS entered Thursday's game at Westlake with a 24-0 overall record...
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State championship football games staying in Los Angeles
      The Home Depot Center in Carson will remain the host site for the 2008 and 2009 CIF State Football Championship Bowl Games, CIF Executive Director Marie M. Ishida has announced. All five games will be played over two days, Fri. and Sat., Dec. 19 and 20. Selection of this year's partici...
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Area athletes go the distance at Ventura County Championships
By Thomas Gase tgase@theacorn.com
      For the high school track and field stars of Ventura County, there was only one place to be on April 25- Moorpark High. Before teams compete in their respective league and CIF championships, the best of the Marmonte, Tri-Valley, Channel, Frontier and Pacific View leagues competed for bra...
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Simi grad Anderson promoted to Triple-A
      After posting a .388 average in his first 80 atbats of the season with the Springfield Cardinals of the Double-A Texas League, Simi Valley High graduate Bryan Anderson has been promoted to the Pacific Coast League's Memphis Redbirds, a Triple-A affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals.
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