Here are the top 10 high school sports stories for Ventura County for the week of Feb. 16-22, not in any particular order:
1. 31 area teams advance to the second week of the CIF playoffs in five sports.
2. Joe Camacho of Santa Paula and Daniel Garcia of Santa Clara win the first CIF individual wrestling titles in their schools' histories.
3. Besant Hill, making its first boys' basketball playoff appearance, wins its Division VI-A opener as the No. 1 seed.
4. Mike Melonas hits a field goal with less than a second remaining in the game to give Ventura a 74-73 win over Los Osos to advance to the Division I-A quarterfinals.
5. Thousand Oaks begins defense of its Division I girls' soccer title with a 3-0 win over Peninsula.
6. Rio Mesa reaches the Division IV girls' water polo semifinals for the second straight year.
7. Keani Albanez hits a field goal with 32 seconds remaining to lift Buena over Katella in the second round of the II-AA girls' basketball playoffs.
8. Jonathan Urango of Camarillo wins his second CIF wrestling title, capturing the 160-pound title at Pacifica.
9. Royal's Sergio Cortez deeats Agoura's John Combs for the 152-pound Southern Division wrestling title.
10. The Oaks Christian girls' basketball team extends its winning streak to 19.
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