Football Preview: Ventura Cougars vs. Royal Highlanders
The Ventura Cougars will take on the Royal Highlanders at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Ventura will be strutting in after a victory while Royal will be coming in after a defeat.
Ventura is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They slipped by Moorpark 36-35 on Friday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Cougars.
Derek Garcia was his usual excellent self, throwing for 215 yards and three touchdowns, while also punching in a rushing score. Jack Cunningham was Garcia's top target, picking up 106 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, Royal was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They were dealt a 50-21 defeat at the hands of Buena.
Royal might have lost, but man, Caden Pugh was a machine: he rushed for 127 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.5 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave Pugh a new career-high in rushing yards. Landen Murray also played a phenomenal game despite the final result: he picked up 84 receiving yards.
Ventura's win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 4-3. As for Royal, their loss dropped their record down to 2-5.
Everything came up roses for Ventura against Royal in their previous meeting back in August of 2019, as the team secured a 51-14 victory. In that game, Ventura amassed a halftime lead of 37-14, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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