75th Anniversary of The Cougar Press
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The Student News Site of Ventura High School

The Cougar Press
The Student News Site of Ventura High School

The Cougar Press
75th Anniversary of The Cougar Press
NEWS
VHS players huddle together before winning the rivalry game. Photo by: Caity Pira
Ventura High School varsity softball strikes Buena High School out
Belen Hibbler • March 28, 2023
The spring dance has now been cancelled for the second year in a row. Graphic by: Belen Hibbler
Spring dance canceled due to lack of ticket sales
March 24, 2023
ASB has many events and activities planned for the spring season. Graphic by: Jane Armstrong
ASB’s exciting plans for spring include dances, spirit days and games
March 24, 2023
Mark Mosely 24, first baseman, at bat against BHS. Moseley drew a walk in this at bat. Photo by: Christian Montecino
Ventura High School baseball suffers two close losses to Buena High School
March 22, 2023
String Orchestra Honors II performs 10th Sinfonia and Overture to the Hebrides Suite. Photo by: Andi Kish
Ventura High School receives unanimous gold ratings at Rancho Campana Music Festival
March 22, 2023
FEATURES
Sela Duque ‘26, left, will go to Costa Rica this spring break. Adeline Vertucci ‘26, right, is going to San Francisco. Photo by: Leslie Castro
VHS on: spring break plans
Samantha Castañeda, Leslie Castro, and Angelica Matehuala • March 28, 2023
“[My go-to drink is] mint Yerba mate,” said Chloe Cross ‘24. Photo by: Kinda Mehael
VHS on: go-to drinks
March 24, 2023
The VHS 100s wing during a downpour that lasted the entire school day. Photo by: Alexis Segovia
Irregular weather falls upon California
March 22, 2023
Gwen Withers ‘24 performed a poem she wrote titled, “My Wandering Mind.” Withers said, “Tap..tap tap..tap tap tap tap tap tap tap. . . tap. Dang, I’m so good at this/Oh my gosh, stop that is so weird/tap tap/ No, I am not doing that again/ What to do. . ./ Oh, I can do that wavy thing with my pencil so it looks like its bending/ Wow that is cool, cool, cool, cool, cool, so cool/ Okay done with that/ Hey look at that box/ That is a nice box/Appletopia box/Sounds like a theme park/ Appletopia, where you have fantastic fruity fun/ I wonder how many apples you could fit into that box?/ Probably a lot, it’s a nice box/ Okay, it has to been at least fifteen minutes/ Seriously, its only been one minute?/ One freaking minute?/ That has to be wrong/ Its been one minute.” Photo by: Ava Mohror
Black Student Union and Dead Poet Society team up to deliver slam poetry
March 22, 2023
Penelope De Soto 24 said, I like how [my bag] doesn’t have a zipper and I can just easily access the things in there. I also don’t like how backpacks feel on my back. Graphic by: Belen Hibbler
To use purses or backpacks?
March 21, 2023
OPINION
Kurosawas 1954 film Seven Samurai was a major inspiration for Lucas Star Wars. Likewise, Kar-wais 1994 film Chunking Express inspired the cinematography in Jenkins 2016 film Moonlight. Graphic by: Katie Rundle
Opinion: Taking the “foreign” out of foreign films
Jocelyn Wood and Katie Rundle • March 21, 2023
VHS students showing their off-campus passes at the parking lot entrance. At the start of lunch, a long line often forms at the parking lot entrance. This image was taken in the middle of lunch, when less students were making their way to the lot. Photo by: Ruby Lacques
Opinion: Don’t have an off-campus pass?
March 10, 2023
TikTok influencer Alix Earle who goes by @alixearle on the social media platform has been dominating the GRWM (get ready with me) trend since December of 2022. Graphic by: Ella Duncan
Opinion: Alix Earle is the new Charli D’Amelio
March 8, 2023
A look back at the most recent 2022-23 NFL season. We look at the ups and downs, the teams who rose from the ashes, and those who crumbled to irrelevancy Graphic by: Christian Montecino
Opinion: A season nothing short of disappointing
March 8, 2023
Think and Grow Rich is a 1937 self-improvement book by Napoleon Hill that has sold millions of copies. Photo by: Alejandro Hernandez
Cougar critique: “Think and Grow Rich”
March 7, 2023
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String Orchestra Honors II performs 10th Sinfonia and Overture to the Hebrides Suite. Photo by: Andi Kish
Ventura High School receives unanimous gold ratings at Rancho Campana Music Festival
Katie Rundle, Ella Duncan, Weston Blackburn, and Leslie Castro • March 22, 2023
Gwen Withers ‘24 performed a poem she wrote titled, “My Wandering Mind.” Withers said, “Tap..tap tap..tap tap tap tap tap tap tap. . . tap. Dang, I’m so good at this/Oh my gosh, stop that is so weird/tap tap/ No, I am not doing that again/ What to do. . ./ Oh, I can do that wavy thing with my pencil so it looks like its bending/ Wow that is cool, cool, cool, cool, cool, so cool/ Okay done with that/ Hey look at that box/ That is a nice box/Appletopia box/Sounds like a theme park/ Appletopia, where you have fantastic fruity fun/ I wonder how many apples you could fit into that box?/ Probably a lot, it’s a nice box/ Okay, it has to been at least fifteen minutes/ Seriously, its only been one minute?/ One freaking minute?/ That has to be wrong/ Its been one minute.” Photo by: Ava Mohror
Black Student Union and Dead Poet Society team up to deliver slam poetry
Ava Mohror and Brody Daw • March 22, 2023
SPORTS
VHS players huddle together before winning the rivalry game. Photo by: Caity Pira
Ventura High School varsity softball strikes Buena High School out
Belen Hibbler • March 28, 2023
Mark Mosely 24, first baseman, at bat against BHS. Moseley drew a walk in this at bat. Photo by: Christian Montecino
Ventura High School baseball suffers two close losses to Buena High School
Christian Montecino, Kinda Mehael, and Hugh Murphy • March 22, 2023
ON CAMPUS
Sela Duque ‘26, left, will go to Costa Rica this spring break. Adeline Vertucci ‘26, right, is going to San Francisco. Photo by: Leslie Castro
VHS on: spring break plans
Samantha Castañeda, Leslie Castro, and Angelica Matehuala • March 28, 2023
“[My go-to drink is] mint Yerba mate,” said Chloe Cross ‘24. Photo by: Kinda Mehael
VHS on: go-to drinks
Kinda Mehael, Leslie Castro, Angelica Matehuala, and Samantha Castañeda • March 24, 2023
The VHS 100s wing during a downpour that lasted the entire school day. Photo by: Alexis Segovia
Irregular weather falls upon California
Alexis Segovia, Christian Montecino, and Kinda Mehael • March 22, 2023
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