Thousand Oaks Gets Back Up to Speed

The Thousand Oaks High cross-country teams struggled--by their standards--during the first half of the season. That changed on Wednesday as the Lancers rolled to victories over Newbury Park and Royal in a Marmonte League meet at Waverly Park in Thousand Oaks.

Thousand Oaks, led by senior Seth Neumuller’s course record, defeated Newbury Park, 19-36, and Royal, 15-47, in the boys’ meet to finish the dual-meet season in a three-way tie for first place with Newbury Park and Agoura.

Newbury Park defeated Agoura, 26-29, earlier this season and Agoura beat Thousand Oaks, 24-31, but the two-time defending league champion Lancers had five of the top seven finishers Wednesday.

Neumuller, defending league champion, clocked 15:56 over the three-mile course to break the course record of 16:11 set by Ross Wood of Newbury Park in 1996.

In the girls meet, Thousand Oaks defeated Royal, 22-37, and Newbury Park, 19-40, while Newbury Park upset Royal, 27-28.

Junior Kelley Hess placed first in 18:45 to help five-time defending league champion Thousand Oaks (4-2, 4-2) take five of the top eight places.

Westlake 17, Moorpark 44; Westlake 17, Simi Valley 46; Moorpark 20, Simi Valley 35--Sophomore Kristen Anderson, freshman Daniella Padilla and senior Katie London swept the first three places to pace the Warriors (6-0, 6-0) to victory in a girls’ Marmonte League meet at Westlake.

Anderson clocked 20:25 over the three-mile course, followed by Padilla in 20:26 and London in 20:40.

WOMEN’S SOCCER

Moorpark 2, Oxnard 1--Brandee Nelson scored on an assist from Amanda Light at the 58-minute mark to break a 1-1 tie in a Western State Conference Northern Division game at Moorpark.

Oxnard led, 1-0, at halftime, but Moorpark (9-4-2, 6-2) got even in the 55th minute when Light scored on an assist by Vicky Howard.

GIRLS’ TENNIS

Harvard-Westlake 15, Westlake 3--Jessica Leck did not lose a game at No. 1 singles for the Wolverines in a nonleague victory at Studio City Golf and Tennis.

Alex Maclennan lost only one game at No. 2 singles for the Wolverines (9-2), the second-ranked team in the Southern Section Division III coaches poll. Westlake (10-4) is sixth in Division III.

BOYS’ WATER POLO

Crescenta Valley 18, Pasadena 4--The Falcons broke a 1-1 first quarter tie by scoring 15 consecutive goals in 16:42 of a Pacific League game at Pasadena.

Carlos Pelayo scored five of his six goals in the first quarter and Jeff Little scored four of his six goals in the second quarter for the Falcons (19-1, 4-0), who are ranked second in the Southern Section Division III coaches poll.

Pelayo added four assists and three steals. Robert Curreri contributed three goals, two assists and steals.

Pasadena is 10-2, 3-1.