ROUNDUP : Royal Routs Westlake to Remain Unbeaten in Girls’ Volleyball

The way Royal High girls’ volleyball Coach Bob Ferguson figures it, if his team keeps winning, the Highlanders might lose their place in the Southern Section rankings.

Royal defeated Westlake, 15-6, 15-6, 15-7, Thursday night in a Marmonte League match to improve its overall record to 6-0 and its league mark to 4-0. But despite the Highlanders’ perfect record, the team dropped from eighth to ninth in this week’s Southern Section 5-A Division poll.

“If we keep on winning, we’ll be sure to fall right out of the top 10,” Ferguson quipped.

Kristin Fick had seven kills and six stuff blocks and Stacy Kaufmann had eight kills.

In other girls’ volleyball matches:

Thousand Oaks d. Channel Islands, 15-8, 15-1, 15-1--Kaili Kimura had 12 kills and Carli Cleary had 14 for host Thousand Oaks (4-5, 3-1 in league play) in a Marmonte League match.

Agoura d. Camarillo, 15-1, 15-12, 15-10--Jenny Pavley and Tracy Heflin each had eight kills and Tammy Barrus added six kills and seven aces for visiting Agoura (4-2, 3-1) in a Marmonte League match.

Bell-Jeff d. Alemany, 15-9, 16-14, 15-6--Andy Ferchaw had 25 kills and Deanna Cabrera added nine for host Bell-Jeff in a nonleague match. Louella Lovely had 45 assists for Bell-Jeff.

Canyon d. Calabasas, 15-2, 15-6, 15-7--Lisa Bussard had 12 kills and Gina Sanchez added 10 for Canyon (4-0) in a nonleague match at Calabasas.

Birmingham d. Grant, 11-15, 15-12, 7- 15, 15-5, 15-3--Tina Larson had 15 kills and Gracielle Fernandez added 12 for Birmingham in a Valley Pac-8 Conference match at Grant.

Erin Sibley had 35 assists for Birmingham (3-2, 2-0).

Van Nuys d. Sylmar, 15-10, 15-5, 15-7--Sylmar’s Tina Taschereau and Darla Smiley each had nine digs for Sylmar in a Valley Pac-8 conference match.

Poly d. Canoga Park, 15-9, 10-15, 15-12, 15-13--Tami O’Dell had 13 kills and Maria Avalos added nine for Poly in a Valley Pac-8 Conference match at home.

Lisa Giatti had eight kills for Poly (5-0, 2-0).

L.A. Lutheran d. Coast Christian, 15-13, 15-6, 15-3--Carrie Schaumann had five kills and four aces for L. A. Lutheran (5-0, 4-0) in a Heritage League match at Stonehurst Recreation Center in Sunland.

Providence d. Faith Baptist, 6-15, 15-9, 15-7, 15-9--Rosanna Mucetti and Kathy Flores led Providence (5-4, 3-2) with five kills each in a Delphic League match at Faith Baptist.

Village Christian d. Burroughs, 15-12, 15-9, 15-11--Debbie Maycock had eight kills and Christy Ludwig added seven kills for host Village Christian (4-2) in a nonleague match at home.

WATER POLO

Royal 16, Cabrillo 9--Jack Kocur had seven goals and Mike Radka added five for Royal (6-3) in the first round of pool play in the San Luis Obispo tournament.

GIRLS’ TENNIS

Chatsworth d. Cleveland, 6-1--Lillian Ore won at No. 1 singles and Lorelei Lew and Anne Ly won at No. 1 doubles for visiting Chatsworth (1-1 in conference) in a Northwest Valley Conference match. Cleveland fell to 2-3, 0-2 in conference play.

Kennedy d. Granada Hills, 4-3--Host Kennedy (4-1, 1-1 swept all three doubles matches to win a Northwest Valley Conference match.

GIRLS’ CROSS-COUNTRY

Channel Islands 20, Thousand Oaks 43; Channel Islands 21, Newbury Park 34; Newbury Park 20, Thousand Oaks 43--Stacy Auer of Thousand Oaks upset Veronica Barajas of Channel Islands in a Marmonte League double-dual meet at Cal Lutheran. Auer, a junior, ran 12 minutes 1 second over the two-mile course. Barajas timed 12:25 to place second.

L.A. Baptist 22, Western Christian 35--Carolina Castellanos broke her school record with a time of 20 minutes 16.4 seconds over the 3.1-mile course at O’Melveny Park in Granada Hills.