Thousand Oaks High forward Paul Foster has...

Thousand Oaks High forward Paul Foster has spent his life being compared to, linked with and, most frequently, mistaken for Nick Foster, his identical twin.

Last week, Paul (6-foot-7) stood out against Agoura and Royal. Foster, who leads the Lancers in scoring (16.8 average), had 38 points and 23 rebounds as Thousand Oaks, ranked second in The Times’ area poll, improved to 15-1.

Foster, who guards the opposition’s best offensive player, shined on defense, blocking six shots and holding Agoura’s Jeff Niemann and Royal’s Khamisi Thurman to 12 and four points. Niemann was four-for-11 shooting against Thousand Oaks; Thurman was two-for-11.

Records: Only two of eight teams in the Northwest Valley Conference have winning records as league play kicks off today. What’s more, in the West Valley League (4-A Division), none of the four teams has a winning mark. Conference teams are a combined 41-52. In the 3-A North Valley League, only San Fernando (6-5) and El Camino Real (9-3) are above .500. . . .

Hueneme is off to a 10-4 start, including a 5-0 record in the Channel League. Last season, Hueneme went 4-10 in league play. “We’re just happy as clams to be where we’re at,” Hueneme Coach Howard Davis said.

Free throws: Wendell Nunnery of Hueneme had a school-record string of 31 successful free throws snapped with a third-quarter miss against Dos Pueblos. The streak spanned more than 2 1/2 games. . . . Rio Mesa’s Tim Nunnery, Wendell’s cousin, has made his last 18 free throws and 23 of his last 25. Nunnery has made 34 of 42 (81%) for the season.

Miscellany: Westlake’s Jason Bedell has set a school record for three-point baskets in a season with 25. Chris Hayden and Jasen Nielsen each made 24 last season. Bedell is averaging 8.9 points, but 11.8 in Marmonte League play. Westlake’s Mike Ormsby is averaging 9.7 points, 13.3 in league play. . . . Junior forward Jason Hartman of Thousand Oaks ranks second in scoring (14.4 average), third in rebounds (6.2), second in assists (3.0) and first in steals (2.5) on his team.

Boys: Despite having the worst record in the Valley Pac-8 Conference, Sherman Oaks CES (1-7, 0-1 in league play) features the only player in the conference averaging more than 20 points: John Cannon, 22.6 points. He also is the conference’s second-leading rebounder (11.8) behind North Hollywood’s Damon Ollie (12.0). . . .

Notre Dame’s Monte Marcaccini is averaging 27.0 points in Mission League games, 17.8 in nonleague games. . . .

Glendale’s three top scorers--David Sofro, Hai Tran and Paul Chin--were a combined six for 29 from the field in the team’s 69-44 loss to Crescenta Valley last week. . . .

Village Christian’s Dave Fennell had 20 rebounds Friday against Western Christian, two short of the school record. . . .

Crescenta Valley guard Adam Jacobsen has scored 20 or more points in 15 of the Falcons’ 16 games.

Girls: Bell-Jeff’s Lori Talley picked up her fifth triple-double of the season with 21 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists in an 83-68 Camino Real League victory over St. Mary’s. Talley, a senior point guard, is averaging 18 points, 10 rebounds, nine assists and three steals. Shooting guard Cathy Flores is averaging 16 points and nine rebounds for the Guards, who have won 13 straight games since losing their first two. . . .

Fillmore center Jamie Arundell broke her school record for single-game scoring with 45 points in a 64-62 Tri-Valley League overtime victory over St. Bonaventure. Her previous record was 42, set Dec. 12 against Carpinteria, when she scored all her team’s points in a 42-26 victory.

Statistics through Tuesday.

Regional Basketball Top 10

Selected by sportswriters of The Times

Lst. Rk Wk Team League Record 1 1 North Hollywood East Valley 14-1 2 2 Thousand Oaks Marmonte 15-1 3 3 Notre Dame Mission 15-3 4 4 Ventura Channel 13-2 5 5 Crescenta Valley Pacific 15-2 6 6 Simi Valley Marmonte 14-4 7 7 Monroe Mid-Valley 12-2 8 8 Birmingham Mid-Valley 9-4 9 NR Hart Foothill 10-5 10 10 Glendale Pacific 12-6

NR--Not ranked.