After two weeks, 68 teams, seven rounds and one winner, the women’s NCAA basketball tournament came to a close on April 7 with The University of South Carolina beating The University of Iowa in the championship...
Cortez’s career spanned from 1986 to 2023
On April 20, former varsity boys basketball head coach Felix Cortez ‘83, a VHS alum, coached the basketball team for the last time. It was his last official...
After a basketball win for VHS, the Cougars advance to the second round of CIF scheduled for Feb. 11
The VHS Varsity girls basketball team has made it to CIF finals. They played their first game on...
Ventura High School boys varsity basketball beats Buena High School varsity basketball in their last game of the season
On Feb. 2, Ventura High School met their cross town rival Buena High School for...
Felix Cortez new position as varsity basketball coach
Felix Cortez is the head Varsity Basketball coach at Ventura High School. He started his basketball career at VHS playing on varsity for three years....
Meet the 19’-20’ girls varsity basketball team
Ventura High School’s varsity girls basketball team started their first practice of the winter season on Monday afternoon the fourth. Ann Larson, along...
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On Friday, Feb. 23, the annual Three Point and Dunk contest at Ventura High School was held in the Tuttle Gym.
The dunk contest is ran by ASB and anyone is able to watch...
![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)
![VHS ASB teacher and varsity girls basketball coach Ann Larson said, "[My goals for the team are] to continue to improve, to obviously win as many games as we can and get into the playoffs. But mostly…to have a good successful year with these kids. They have been really fun." Photo by: Ella Montano](https://thecougarpress.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/1-7-1-900x600.jpg)
![Lindsay Guzik, new assistant principal said, "I am settling in [at VHS] pretty well. I know a lot of the students, so that makes it a little bit easier coming from Cabrillo, and it's been nice to see them all grown up." Photo by: Abraham Kassa](https://thecougarpress.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/IMG_9728-300x200.jpg)