Looks like the Ventura and Buena girls' volleyball teams are on the upswing this season.

Both recorded impressive wins last night with Ventura sweeping Oak Park and Buena beating La Reina in four games.

Ventura has put together an impressive coaching staff. First-year coach Jared Godinez is a former volleyball standout for the Cougars and his assistants are Maurice Shimabaku, Debbie Litten and Melissa Yeto.

Shimabaku once led Hueneme High to a state title, Litten is Ventura's former successful head and Yeto was an assistant at Ventura College.

Buena and Ventura compete in the always-tough Channel League and will have to contend with the powers up North, especially Dos Pueblos. Ventura hasn't made the playoffs since Litten was at the helm.

Division I

San Clemente 2, Thousand Oaks 1

Division V

Oaks Christian 4, Torrance 0
Valley Christian 2, La Reina 1 (2OT)
La Canada 1, Oak Park 0

Division VI

Malibu 3, Linfield Christian 0
St. Margaret's 3, Santa Paula 0

Division VII

St. Paul 2, Thacher 0

Division I

Thousand Oaks 3, Peninsula 0
San Clemente 2, Buena 1
Trabuco Hills 3, Agoura 2
Mater Dei 1, Ventura 0

Division IV

St. Joseph of Santa Maria 3, Camarillo 0
Santa Ynez 2, Rio Mesa 0

Division V

Oak Park 6, Crossroads 0
Oaks Christian 7, Windward 1
La Reina 2, Campbell Hall 1
South Torrance 1, St. Bonaventure 1 (South advances via shootout, 5-4)

Division VI

Santa Paula 2, Bishop Union 0

La Reina High's Mary Kate Jankowski grabbed a school-record 27 rebounds in a 44-32 loss to Nordhoff on Thursday night.

Jankowski bettered the old record by one rebound. Michelle Reuss pulled down 26 rebounds in a game against St. Bonaventure in the 1983-84 season.

Jankowski's 27 rebounds ties her for 7th with four others on the county single-game rebounding list. Royal's Julie Lendl is first with 35 rebounds against Newbury Park in 1975.

Katie Brooks had 18 points and 10 rebounds and Brianna Barrett added nine points and six steals as the Oaks Christian School girls' basketball team (14-1) improved to 6-0 in the Tri-Valley League team with a 56-27 win over La Reina Tuesday night.

St. Bonaventure edged Fillmore, 62-57, in the second-place showdown behind 23 points by Juliette Marquez and 20 points and 11 rebounds by Erica Whitley.

Hailey Lozano added 11 points and Monique Roberson added 12 rebounds for St. Bonaventure (11-7, 5-1)

Despite a game-high 25 points by Jill Wilber, Fillmore fell to 14-6, 4-2.

Oaks Christian and Nordhoff opened Tri-Valley League play with girls' basketball wins Tuesday night

Crystal Owusu had 13 points and  nine rebounds, Katie Brooks had 12 points, eight rebounds and four blocks and Brianna Barrett added 12 points and six steals as Oaks Christian School  opened with a 52-32 win at Villanova, which was led by 12 points from Hannah Kolbeck.

Carmen Cotsis had 11 points and four steals and Nicole Bergmann had seven points and nine rebounds as Nordhoff scored 15 of the first 17 points along the way to a 53-28 win over La Reina.

The La Reina girls' volleyball team expects to find out its first round opponent when pairings for the 2008 CIF State Girls' Volleyball Championships are released Sunday.

Thousand Oaks and La Reina won CIF-Southern Section cross country titles Saturday at Mount San Antonio College.

The Moorpark High girls' tennis team knows the pain of losing in a calculated manner repeatedly.

The Musketeers lost to Marmonte League-leader Calabasas in games yesterday for the second time this week after the teams tied 9-9 in sets.

Moorpark is now 10-6 overall, and five of its six losses have been in games - to Calabasas twice, La Reina, Rio Mesa and Westlake.

The Moorpark coaches might consider bringing a defibrillator to their matches along with their calculator.

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La Reina girls' golf coach Bob Sisco is pleased with the way his team is rounding into shape this season. While they don't have a superstar as they have in year's past, the Regents have solid starters from top to bottom.