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4 days ago | 
ojaivalleynews.com | Holly Roberts
As the golf season winds down, the Nordhoff High School boys team continues to make strides within the Citrus Coast League. League competition includes Channel Islands, Fillmore, Hueneme, Malibu and Santa Paula. Carpinteria High School typically competes within the CCL, though they didn’t have enough players for a team this year. The Rangers are in second place after the first four league matches to date, holding just below first-place Malibu.
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4 days ago | 
ojaivalleynews.com | Holly Roberts
The Ojai Valley School baseball team takes baseball and life one day at a time. With just two stand out seniors and leaders by example - Ben Scordamaglia and Keiran Walsh - the Spuds embrace the hard work it takes to make steady progress through the season. The young squad which has just a handful of returners, also relies on some experienced ballers like freshman Archer Moller, sophomore Renji Hanai and freshwoman Phoebe Chang.
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1 week ago | 
ojaivalleynews.com | Tom Moore |Holly Roberts
By Tom Moore and Holly RobertsSpecial to the Ojai Valley NewsNordhoff senior varsity basketball Co-Captain Cadence Renshaw received the CIF-SS Division 5 high school John R. Wooden Award at the Los Angeles Athletic Club on April 12, surrounded by family and Head Coach Scott Nash. The Wooden Awards, at the high school level, are presented to one female and one male player from each of six divisions of the Southern Section of the California Interscholastic Federation.
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1 week ago | 
ojaivalleynews.com | Holly Roberts
Although much-needed rain arrived in Southern California last month, it made for a slow start to the Nordhoff High School track and field season. The Rangers first Citrus Coast League meet of the year was delayed, and then they had a jam-packed schedule with Nordhoff hosting two meets in the same week on April 1 and 3.
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2 weeks ago | 
ojaivalleynews.com | Holly Roberts
The Nordhoff varsity softball team had a bit of a dilemma to start their 2025 season. Almost half of their returning starters also played on the varsity basketball squad, which was making a deep run into CIF-SS playoffs and then played at the State level. Even Head Coach Kelsey Flaner was an assistant coach on the basketball team. “So, we had to postpone league games and cancel most of our preseason games and tournaments.
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2 weeks ago | 
ojaivalleynews.com | Holly Roberts
By Lucas de Clercq, Special to the Ojai Valley NewsThacher track is in full swing! With the largest team the school has seen in over a decade, a promising second half of the season is in store. Due to their spring break lasting the first two weeks of March, the Toads have only had a few short weeks of training. However, the team is working hard to catch up with its competitors and many personal records have already been broken.
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2 weeks ago | 
ojaivalleynews.com | Holly Roberts
Lester Cook, former professional tennis player and Ojai champion, will be on court hosting a free junior tennis clinic during this year’s 123rd Ojai Tennis Tournament. The clinic will take place on the Upper Libbey Park tennis courts on Saturday, April 26 from 8:30 to 10 a.m., prior to the CIF Boys Singles and Doubles Finals, and the Big Ten Women’s Team Dual Match Championship Final.
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3 weeks ago | 
ojaivalleynews.com | Holly Roberts
Baseball season is in full swing, and Thacher’s senior-heavy varsity team is fighting hard for another chance at the playoffs. With a 3-3 overall record, Toads Co-Captains Cole Mason, Miles Maxwell, Henry Molfino, and Brady Vondriska are leading the squad on the field and off. Head Coach Stuart Johnson said that, “all four of those players have demonstrated really terrific leadership, not just this year and in the off-season, but throughout their time at Thacher.
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3 weeks ago | 
ojaivalleynews.com | Holly Roberts
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3 weeks ago | 
ojaivalleynews.com | Holly Roberts
Another stellar season of Ojai Recreation Department (ORD) youth basketball wrapped up at the John G. Martin Gymnasium on Saturday, March 22. Over 260 girls and boys, from first grade through eighth grade, competed this winter for bragging rights, with final games to determine season champions and places happening last week. Head Coach Tradyn Foley coached squads in the 5th-6th Grade Boys and the 7th-8th Grade Boys divisions, where both teams came in first place.
