Thousand Oaks Goes Over Top

Crystal Topham scored two minutes into overtime Wednesday, giving the Thousand Oaks High girls’ soccer team a 1-0 victory over Agoura at Thousand Oaks and keeping the Lancers in the thick of the Marmonte League title race.

Topham, playing central midfield, pounced on a ball that bounced out of a crowd in front of the Agoura goal and calmly lofted a 20-yard shot over Agoura goalkeeper Sarah Landis and under the crossbar.

“I was thinking I’d better hurry because their defense was coming at me,” Topham said. “Then I saw it slip over [Landis’] hands.”

Thousand Oaks (7-4-2, 4-1-1 in league play) held a 11-4 shot advantage over the Chargers (12-4-1, 4-2). Landis made six saves.

In other girls’ games:

Notre Dame 2, Flintridge Sacred Heart 1--Melissa Ruby scored on a breakaway for the winning goal in the 55th minute after dribbling through three defenders at midfield in the Mission League game at Notre Dame (10-1-1, 1-1).

Chaminade 2, Louisville 0--The Eagles (16-1-1, 3-0) recorded their 13th shutout but were held scoreless until Lindsey Horn and Amy Watts scored midway through the second half of a Mission League game at Crespi High.

Alemany 2, Harvard-Westlake 1--Lilly Espinoza scored midway through the second half to give the host Indians (6-6-3, 2-1-1) a two-goal lead in a Mission League game.

Simi Valley 3, Camarillo 2--Mindy Gondrez scored in overtime for the Pioneers (10-5, 5-1) in a Marmonte League game at Camarillo.

BOYS’ SOCCER

El Camino Real 1, Birmingham 0--The visiting Braves (7-1, 4-1) were knocked from the ranks of the unbeaten when Jose Rivera-Otero headed home an Ian Kogan throw with 13 minutes to play in a Northwest Valley Conference game.

El Camino Real (7-4-1, 4-1) was led by 6-foot-3 senior stopper Sean Miller, who anchored the defense.

“[Miller] was very good; he really controlled us,” said Birmingham Coach Jose Freire, whose team is the three-time defending conference champion. “[El Camino Real] deserved to win. They beat us in the midfield and with physical play.”

Royal 4, Channel Islands 3--Randy Wilson scored with five minutes to play off a free kick to give the Highlanders (13-4-3, 3-1-2) a Marmonte League victory over the Raiders (4-3, 1-3) at Royal. Jake Van Sloten scored Royal’s first three goals.

Chatsworth 5, Taft 1--Bryan Rivera scored three goals and Julio Rojas added two more for the Chancellors (7-1-2, 2-1-2) in a Northwest Valley Conference game at Chatsworth.

Oak Park 3, Fillmore 2--Aaron Benditson scored from 12 yards out in the 60th minute to give the Eagles (2-4-2, 1-0-1) the victory in a Tri-Valley League match at Fillmore. Junior striker Francisco Zavala scored both goals for Fillmore (4-3-3, 1-1-1).

GIRLS’ WATER POLO

Burroughs 14, Alemany 8--Burroughs (7-6, 1-0) jumped to a 9-2 halftime lead and got five goals from Sarah Vejar and four from Karol Malecki in a Mission League game at Burroughs. Angela Torre had three goals for Alemany (1-6, 0-2).

Harvard-Westlake 11, La Canada 8--Eleven players scored for Harvard-Westlake (5-0, 2-0) against the Spartans (4-5, 1-1) in a Mission League game.