Football Recap: Oak Park Eagles vs. Ventura Cougars
Oak Park was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They came up short against the Ventura Cougars, falling 26-6. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 174th, while the Cougars are ranked 12th).
A big part of Ventura's win came down to the chemistry between Ava Ortman and her top target Kaiya Cooke. Ortman threw for 311 yards and four touchdowns while completing 76.5% of her passes while Cooke picked up 181 receiving yards and three touchdowns. Cooke was no stranger to the big play, connecting on a big catch that went for 60 yards.
Oak Park's loss ended a seven-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 7-8. As for Ventura, they pushed their record up to 17-2 with the victory, which was their tenth straight on the road.
Oak Park wasted no time getting back out on the field and has already played their next game, a 20-14 win against Simi Valley on the 8th. Ventura has also already played their next contest, a 60-0 victory against Pacifica on the 2nd.
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