Football Game Preview: Salesian Mustangs vs. Ventura Cougars + Official Tickets

The Salesian Mustangs will head out on the road to take on the Ventura Cougars at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.

On Friday, Salesian made easy work of La Salle and carried off a 35-14 victory. The final result isn't all that surprising considering the Mustangs' considerable advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 229th, while the Lancers are ranked 594th).

J'Anthony Cobb

Rushing Yards (Career)

10/31/25 @ La Salle	218
08/21/25 @ Western	170
10/03/25 vs Cantwell-Sacred Heart of Mary	150
10/10/25 @ Harvard-Westlake	127
09/19/25 vs Damien	123

J'Anthony Cobb continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 218 yards and four scores on only ten carries, while also picking up 85 receiving yards. Those 218 rushing yards gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Donovan Shirley, who threw for 234 yards and one touchdown while completing 82.4% of his passes.

Meanwhile, Ventura had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 30.8 points) and they went ahead and made it five on Friday. They blew past the Yellowjackets 56-7. The Cougars might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six matchups by 28 points or more this season.

Ventura had a senior duo take command as Jack Cunningham picked up 260 receiving yards and five TDs and Derek Garcia threw for 260 yards and five touchdowns while completing 88.9% of his passes. Cunningham really caught the secondary sleeping when he pulled down a catch that went for 76 yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Gavin Scarlett, who threw for 113 yards and a pair of TDs while completing 80% of his passes.

Ventura's run defense was locked in: Oxnard could only muster 0.7 yards per carry. The team can thank Dylan Klinzing for the heroic effort on defense: he. Sadly, that's becoming something of a trend for Ventura; they were averaging 5.4yards per carry per game earlier this season, but in their last three games they've fallen to only 0 per game.

Ventura didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Nathan Swaim, Myles Russell, and Ethan Soltero picked up one apiece.

Salesian's record is now 7-3. As for Ventura, their record now sits at 8-2.