Camarillo benefits from three Yoshimoto brothers

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Steven Yoshimoto poses with his sons Owen (from left), Matt and Evan during volleyball practice held Wednesday afternoon at Camarillo High School. Camarillo, Ca., April 25, 2012 © Troy Harvey/VC Star

Gathering around the dining table amounts to more than the family dinner for the Yoshimoto clan.It’s a quorum for the Camarillo High boys volleyball team.Brothers Evan, Owen and Matt represent half of the starting lineup for the Scorpions. With dad Steve on the bench as a top assistant coach, “Y” must be the unofficial team letter.

“I know we’d be a much different team without them,” head coach Rob Vandermay says with a grin.

If a triple play is a rarity in baseball, then triple players in any sport come around as often as Haley’s comet. Have three brothers (or sisters) ever played together on the same team at the same time in Ventura County?

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