Who are Looking West?
Looking West is a Ventura-based band founded in 2017. Looking West band members include El Camino High School students Dylan Brehm ’23 (lead vocals and guitar) and Owen Neth ’23...
Junior Mateo Navarro organized the Dolores Huerta Unity Project alongside Ventura Unified administration, the Latino Rights club, Ventura County community members and artist Mauricio Ramirez
Mateo...
Junior Tobias Raymond on his football career and scholarship offers
On May 2, junior Tobias Raymond received a scholarship offer from Yale University. He also has received offers from UC Berkeley, Oregon...
Learn a little extra about VHS extrovert Mose Cook
Mose Cook is a senior at Ventura High who loves donuts, “annoying” his track coach, Tyree Cruz and making those around him happy. He is an extremely...
Sophomore Robert Wolfe on his embracement of nature and frontiersmanship
Sophomore Robert Wolfe calls himself a frontiersman. Frontiersman is defined by Merriam-Webster as, “a person who lives or works...
Junior Carson Peterson on his rowing career and more
On Feb. 9, 2022, Ventura High School junior Carson Peterson qualified for the 2022 World Rowing Junior Championship selection camp. The selection camp...
Sophomore James Rail on his photography/videography career
On Dec. 14, Ventura High School sophomore James Rail released a short documentary about the VHS football team. Rail is a photographer and videographer,...
Junior Mya Sherman on music and her journey to create a self-made album
A high schooler writing, producing and recording her own solo album– in the midst of a pandemic? It may sound like a movie plot,...
Alison Ferguson takes charge of the VHS girls’ tennis team.
Alison Ferguson, the new Ventura High School tennis coach grew up in Costa Mesa, California. She learned to play tennis as a young child....
Ulvang teaches ninth grade English and Yearbook for the first time
Ventura High School lost many teachers in the 2020-21 school year, which mean Ventura has received an influx of new teachers, Lauren...
After coaching track and field for over a decade, Ventura teacher is recognized for his hard work
On top of being department chair for health with college and career seminar, Kory Anderson has been coaching...
![Junior Tobias Raymond said, I started playing [football] in 8th grade and I was always a little nervous to play but I fell in love with it. I think I love football because of the team camaraderie. It’s really fun being around all of the guys on the team. Photo by: Alejandro Hernandez](https://thecougarpress.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/AH-Tobias-Raymond-5-2022-13-900x600.jpg)
![Sophomore James Rail said, It started out as a homework project [photography and videography], but it then turned into a passion and a business for me. Photo by: Alejandro Hernandez](https://thecougarpress.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/AH-James-rail-thumbnail-1-900x760.jpg)
