Thousand Oaks Investigates Transfer

Thousand Oaks High may have to forfeit football victories over Ventura Buena and Crescenta Valley if an internal investigation reveals that transfer student Chris Owens is ineligible to compete for the Lancers.

Owens, a junior quarterback, transferred from Simi Valley Grace Brethren last spring. Officials from a Marmonte League school raised questions last week about where Owens was living, spurring Thousand Oaks to launch an investigation and bar Owens from playing in Friday’s league opener against Simi Valley, according to Coach Mike Sanders.

Thousand Oaks is expected to have injured quarterback Brad Sievert back in the lineup this week. Sievert missed the first four games because of a broken collarbone. The Lancers won’t have Arizona State-bound kicker Jesse Ainsworth, who must sit out a game after being ejected for a flagrant hit.

Eric Sondheimer

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San Gabriel Gabrielino fullback Andrew Castillo remained in critical condition Monday at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Mission Hills, three days after being admitted with a head injury suffered during a football game. Castillo was still in a coma in the hospital’s critical care unit, hospital spokesman Dan Boyle said.

The player’s family requested that no further information be released.

Castillo has undergone two surgeries to remove a blot clot on the left side of his brain stemming from the injury he suffered during Gabrielino’s nonleague game against Burbank on Friday..

Ben Bolch

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The Times’ football standings in Monday’s edition did not include forfeit wins and losses for teams. Corrected records for those teams are as follows:

Dorsey, 1-3; Sylmar, 2-2; Corona Santiago, 2-2; Corona, 1-3; San Bernardino Pacific, 1-3; Menifee Paloma Valley, 3-1; Hacienda Heights Los Altos, 3-1; Orange, 2-2; Ontario Chaffey, 1-3; Riverside King, 3-0-1; Fullerton Sunny Hills, 3-1; Garden Grove Santiago, 2-2.