Joe Curley
Ventura County Star
Thousand Oaks, CA, United States
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Buena High boys basketball team's state title bid stopped by Oakland in Sacramento
Zane Carter had 19 points on 7-of-11 shooting and seven rebounds, but Buena High fell in the CIF-State Division III state final Friday in Sacramento. → Read More
Live updates: Buena High School plays for CIF-State Division III boys basketball championship
Live updates from Sacramento's Golden 1 Center, where Buena High can become Ventura County's first public school to win a boys basketball state title. → Read More
Buena boys basketball team outlasts Culver City in three OTs to advance to state final
Luke Ortiz hit a game-saving buzzer-beating 3 and Daniel Ortiz made four late free throws as Buena advanced to Friday's state championship game. → Read More
Jim Bittner's commitment to family, players built a football dynasty at Moorpark College
Jim Bittner, who died last month at 87, used a father's touch to build Moorpark College football into one of the top programs in the state. → Read More
Local college basketball: VC men, MC women fall in regional finals
The Ventura College men's basketball and Moorpark College women's basketball teams fell on Saturday night, a win away the CCCAA state championships. → Read More
Ott's heroics lift Moorpark to CIF-State Division III SoCal regional championship
After making a mistake in the final seconds, the goalkeeper made four saves in the decisive PK shootout to lift Moorpark to a regional girls soccer title. → Read More
Basketball: Buena, Camarillo and Oxnard boys, Oak Park girls advance to regional semis
Buena will host on Saturday for a berth in the CIF-State Division III boys basketball regional finals. Oxnard boys and Oak Park girls also advance to regional semifinals. → Read More
Top-seeded Moorpark soccer among 10 local teams in CIF-State regional playoffs
Ten local basketball and soccer teams will open CIF-State Southern California regional play Tuesday. → Read More
Santa Paula ready to end long wait for a CIF-Southern Section basketball final
Santa Paula, one of the oldest athletic departments in Ventura County, will compete in a basketball sectional final for first time Saturday night. → Read More
Check out the 2023 Class of the Ventura County Sports Hall of Fame
The five inductees are softball slugger Samantha Fischer, track champion Marlene Harmon Wilcox, soccer player Mike Enfield, baseball pitcher Rick Stewart, and reporter Derry Eads. → Read More
Moorpark College, Ventura College teams selected to CCCAA basketball playoffs
The Moorpark College and Ventura College men's and women's basketball teams open CCCAA SoCal regional playoffs this week. → Read More
Boys soccer playoffs: Oxnard, Agoura and Nordhoff fall in sectional semifinals
Oxnard and Nordhoff lose in penalty kick shootouts and Agoura falls to a strong San Clemente team in CIF-SS boys soccer semifinal matches Saturday. → Read More
Girls soccer: Ott helps Moorpark reach CIF-SS Division 3 championship match
Emma Ott saved three penalty kicks as Moorpark reached the Division 3 final, while Oaks Christian (Div. 1) and Westlake (Div. 2) dropped semifinal matches Friday. → Read More
Boys soccer playoffs: Freshman's PK heroics lead Agoura to Div. 2 semifinals
Agoura, Oxnard and Nordhoff won CIF-Southern Section quarterfinals Wednesday to advance to Saturday's semifinals. → Read More
John Reardon's influence still resonates at Rio Mesa, across Ventura County football
John Reardon, who was Ventura County's winningest football coach when he retired in 1994, died last week at 88. His funeral is Wednesday in Camarillo. → Read More
Boys soccer: Salgado's hat trick powers Santa Paula into sectional quarterfinals
Santa Paula's Isaac Salgado, Pacifica's Andy Martinez and Agoura's Justin Sosa starred as five local soccer teams advanced to CIF-SS quarterfinals. → Read More
Girls soccer playoffs roundup: Moorpark holds off Buena's late charge
Moorpark and Westlake won dramatic girls soccer playoff games Friday night to join Oaks Christian in Tuesday's CIF-SS quarterfinals. → Read More
Boys soccer playoffs: Pacifica quiets old foe Channel Islands in Division 2 opener
Five local boys soccer teams advanced to Saturday's second round of the playoffs, including Pacifica, which beat former league foe Channel Islands. → Read More
Jaylen Watson's road to Super Bowl LVII took him through Ventura
Kansas City Chiefs rookie cornerback Jaylen Watson is set to become first Ventura College alum to play in the Super Bowl. → Read More
Girls soccer playoffs roundup: Channel Islands earns historic first playoff win
Channel Islands High made history and six other local teams advanced in the CIF-SS girls soccer playoffs on Wednesday night. → Read More