Will this year’s athletics fall short?
Katie Medina and Riley Ramirez
September 24, 2020
Fall sports will have a whole new look for the 20/21 season The Ventura Unified School District fall closure cancelled classes all over the county, but also tainted the seasons of many upcoming and returning athletes of fall and spring sports. With the closure came many common questions as to if fall spo...
VHS sophomores put the fire in Phoenix
Bella Young
March 12, 2020
Annual Phoenix Triathlon proceeds go towards former VHS teacher’s scholarship fund Sunday, March 1 was the 13th annual Phoenix Triathlon that took place at the YMCA at 8 a.m. The event was put on by 10th grade Honors English teachers James Locher and Mary Dietz and involves teams of three who pa...
The Cougars are back and ready to attack
Jocelyn Lee and Peyton Redmond
March 11, 2020
On Feb. 27, the boys varsity volleyball team played their first home game against Port Hueneme High in the Bob Tuttle gym. The boys came out strong with senior Nathan Johnston (number 9) scoring the majority of the points. Hueneme matched the same offensive energy as Ventura, but the Cougars came out on top...
Ventura shoots, they score!
Jack Schatzman and Jocelyn Lee
February 12, 2020
Varsity girls soccer defeats Rio Mesa At 5:00 p.m. on a cold January evening, Ventura High School’s girls varsity soccer team put on their game faces as they played against Rio Mesa. The first half of the game started off strong with a goal from sophomore Kalaiyah Brown. Playing on the field for a t...
Opinion: Leave the running to runners, not your mouth
Peyton Redmond
January 16, 2020
Think that track and cross country are fake? Take a look in the mirror, poser. I am so sick and tired of hearing all you haters saying that track and cross country aren’t “real” sports. Have you ever done it? Chances are, probably not. You are probably a football or baseball player who uses the ...
Opinion: We get it, you have a letterman jacket
Katie Medina and Riley Ramirez
January 10, 2020
Letterman jackets aren’t that cool, stop showing it off [dropcap size=small]T[/dropcap]o all the Ventura High students that wear letterman jackets every day, this one goes out to you. We are sick and tired of seeing the same old bland jackets on all these students. Please for the love of god get your ow...
Anderson sprints his way to coach of the year
Anna Guerra
October 26, 2019
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 track and field for twenty years. Just recently, Anderson has earned the award of 2018-19 Boys Tra...
Powderpuff: It’s grind time
Sarah Clench
April 26, 2019
It’s that time of the year again for powderpuff to start up at Ventura High School, and the team is already prepping for their game against Buena High School on May 24. The official practices for powderpuff football started in March and are every Tuesday and Thursday after school in accordance w...
It’s over 7,000: Derek Pekar breaks decathlon record
Jezel Mercado
April 25, 2019
On April 5 and 6, senior Derek Pekar attended the Arcadia Invitational Track Meet in Arcadia, CA, and made history. Pekar was invited to this event, so he could participate in the decathlon. A decathlon is a series of ten track and field events over two days. On the first day, decathletes compete ...
Spring break wasn’t much of a break from baseball for the Cougars.
Gavin Cross
April 12, 2019
Over the break, the Ventura varsity baseball team traveled to Las Vegas to compete in the Bishop Gorman Desert Classic. The Cougars played in five games over the five days they were in Vegas. They played teams from all over the country, including Durango from Las Vegas, Legacy out of North Las Vegas, Vauxhall Academy from Alberta, Canada, Bis...
A look at Cougar Water Polo through the ages: part four
Garrett Jaffe
March 29, 2019
This is the fourth of four articles interviewing four different generations of Ventura Water Polo players ranging from 1980 to present. Thirty years since Mark Schmidt played his last Buena ventura water polo game, the Cougar team has grown more popular and more competitive but continues the tradi...
A look at Cougar Water Polo through the ages: part three
Garrett Jaffe
March 28, 2019
This is the third of four articles interviewing four different generations of Ventura Water Polo players ranging from 1980 to present. Me: Ok, I have a few questions: When and where did you play water polo in high school? Mason: I played Water Polo at Ventura High School from 2008-2012.Me: So what made you want...
