Julian Martinez is a senior at VHS in his second year at The Cougar Press. He enjoys shopping, baking and discovering new music.
![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](https://thecougarpress.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/COVER-Penelope-900x900.jpg)
![The Cougars won the tip off with the help of a VHS player, Sarah Beckman '25. "We’ve improved so much since the beginning of the season and we’ve been working a lot this past week learning some things about [La Serna]," said Abigail Escalante '23. Photo by: Belen Hibbler](https://thecougarpress.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/COVER-sarah-3-900x600.jpg)
![Ventura Unified School District went on its two-week winter break from Dec. 16 to Jan. 2, and students will be taking their finals when they return from break. Kayla Enriquez ‘25 said, “I feel like [finals after the break] is going to be hard because we have such a long break and then going right into finals, we’ll probably forget everything.” Photo by: Ruby Lacques](https://thecougarpress.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/1-1-3-e1673476207308-675x900.jpg)
![Ventura High School's JV boys basketball team had a home game on Monday, Dec. 5 against Pacifica High School in the Tuttle Gym. “[The most rewarding part of coaching] is teaching the players life skills through the game of basketball,” said Tim Harrison, junior varsity boys basketball coach. Photo by: Belen Hibbler](https://thecougarpress.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/1.jpg)
