Newbury Park waltzed into their contest on Tuesday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They secured a 30-26 W over the Ventura Cougars. The victory was all the more spectacular given the Panthers' disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 147th, while the Cougars are ranked 20th).
The critical scores for Newbury Park came from Madison Fishman-Edmonds, Josephine Falt, and Allison Galler.
Ventura lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Ava Ortman, who threw for 342 yards and four touchdowns, and also rushed for 33 yards. That high mark didn't come from nowhere: Ortman now passed for three or more in the last four games she's played. Kaiya Cooke was Ortman's top target, picking up 214 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Newbury Park has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 5-5 record this season. As for Ventura, the loss snapped their winning streak at nine games and leaves them with a 13-2 record.
Newbury Park will head out on the road to face off against Agoura at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Agoura's defense has only allowed 12.9 points per game this season, so Newbury Park's offense will have their work cut out for them. As for Ventura, they will venture away from home to square off against Dos Pueblos at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Ventura is looking to tack on another W to their seven-game streak on the road.
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