VALLEY SPORTS ROUNDUP : Simi Valley Defeats Agoura, 61-37

The much-anticipated battle between Simi Valley and Agoura highs, two teams expected to contend for the Marmonte League boys’ basketball title this season, barely materialized Monday.

Host Simi Valley made 12 of its first 19 field goals and seldom was threatened in a 61-37 win. The Pioneers, ranked No. 1 in The Times’ regional poll, improved to 10-2 overall and 1-0 in league play.

“We were real excited to come out and get the win,” Simi Valley Coach Dean Bradshaw said. “But that was not the Agoura team that the rest of the Marmonte League will see this season.”

Agoura (7-3, 0-1) scored only three points in the third quarter and was outscored, 36-18, in the second half. The Chargers were hampered when senior forward Eddie Corridori, the leading scorer with 17.7 points a game, got into early foul trouble and eventually fouled out with only five points.

“He’s one of the better players in the league, so they weren’t the same team without him on the floor,” Bradshaw said.

Gordon Stolla, a senior forward, was six for eight from the field and had game-high totals of 16 points and 13 rebounds to lead Simi Valley. Simi Valley was 20 of 38 (52%) from the field.

Simi Valley senior forward Danny Alexander, who entered the game averaging 17.5 points a game, was limited to seven.

“He didn’t score a lot, but he made a big difference on the floor,” Bradshaw said of Alexander, who had nine rebounds.

In other boys’ basketball games:

Westlake 67, Newbury Park 56--Westlake made 10 of 14 three-point shots and shut down sharp-shooting Newbury Park guard Robert Fick in the second half of a Marmonte League game at Newbury Park.

Joey Leavitt had 15 points and 12 rebounds, and Tim Kirksey added a season-high 14 points for Westlake (5-5, 1-0), which was 25 of 48 (52%) from the field. Fick scored 17 points in the first half, including four three-point baskets, but finished with 19 to lead Newbury Park (5-5, 0-1).

Channel Islands 62, Camarillo 54--Noe Noyola scored 16 points and Fred Gaines added 15 points and eight rebounds to lead Channel Islands (6-4, 1-0) in a Marmonte League game at Oxnard.

Dewauen Nunnery had 13 points, six steals and six assists for Channel Islands. Jimmy Harbour scored 17 points to lead Camarillo (2-7, 0-1).

Canyon 48, L.A. Baptist 45--Joe Ferguson scored a game-high 20 points for Canyon (8-6), which outscored host L. A. Baptist, 20-8, in the fourth quarter of a nonleague game.

Mark Heerema scored 14 points and Matt Kilanowski added 12 for L. A. Baptist (7-4), which entered the fourth quarter with a 37-28 lead.

Glendale 68, Burroughs 45--David Sofro led four players who scored in double figures for visiting Glendale (10-5) in a nonleague game.

Mike Wright scored 15 points, Edgar Perkins had 12 and Hai Tran added 11 for Glendale. The Dynamiters led, 20-5, after one quarter.

MEN’S BASKETBALL

The Master’s College 100, Ambassador 72--Jason Webster scored 20 points and Joe Joe Bryant added 19 to lead host Master’s (9-7) in a nonleague game.

Tom Bruner scored 14 points and Doug Leaman added 10 for Master’s, which was 24 of 28 from the free-throw line. Ambassador, which fell to 1-13, committed 40 turnovers.

Cal Lutheran 90, Bethany 77--Guard Jeff deLaveaga scored 35 points, hitting 13 of 21 shots from the field, to guide the Kingsmen (3-7) to a nonconference win at Thousand Oaks.

Forward Andy Beltowski had 14 points and seven rebounds, and Simon O’Donnell came off the bench to add 11 points for Cal Lutheran.

GIRLS’ SOCCER

Thousand Oaks 3, Agoura 0--Senior Angie Nau scored one goal and assisted on another as the host Lancers (4-3-1, 1-0) avenged an earlier loss in a Marmonte League opener.

Senior Olivia Salvador gave the Lancers a 1-0 lead with a first-half goal and Nau assisted on a goal by freshman Molly Orr to extend Thousand Oaks’ lead to 2-0 in the second half.

Nau concluded the scoring with an unassisted goal.

Thousand Oaks used a strong passing game to control the play and outshot Agoura, 12-5.

Simi Valley 7, Camarillo 0--Amy Hunter and Heather Heit each scored two goals as the Pioneers (12-1, 1-0) opened Marmonte League play with an easy win over the host Scorpions (0-1 in league).

Anne Dulcich, April Herrity and Monica Gerardo also scored goals for Simi Valley, the No. 2-ranked team in the Southern Section 4-A Division.

Pioneer goalie Jennifer Holman recorded her 10th shutout in 13 matches.

Oak Park 4, Nordhoff 1--Charlee Bell’s ninth goal of the season gave Nordhoff (4-1-1) a 1-0 lead in the 10th minute, but Oak Park recovered in time to claim a nonleague win at Oak Park.