Two dominant signal callers in Derek Garcia and Tillman Lovett are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Ventura Cougars will square off against the Oak Park Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Ventura will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each game than the last.
Ventura is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed by Royal at home to the tune of 49-14 on Friday. With the Cougars ahead 35-14 at the half, the contest was all but over already.
A big part of Ventura's win came down to the chemistry between Garcia and his top target Josh Woodworth. Garcia threw for 198 yards and three touchdowns while Woodworth picked up 120 receiving yards and three touchdowns. Woodworth showed off some serious burst, cutting upfield on a catch for 65 yards. Gage Kushner was in the mix as well, providing Ventura with two touchdowns.
Ventura didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Cristiano Alvarez and Myles Russell.
Meanwhile, Oak Park was fully in charge on Friday, breezing past Buena 41-7 on the road. The match marked the Eagles' most dominant victory of the season.
Lovett was his usual excellent self, throwing for 298 yards and four touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes. Nico Mastrippolito also helped out as he racked up 124 receiving yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Oak Park was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 242 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Buena only rushed for 87.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Oak Park's defense and their four sacks. Isaac Thomas was especially locked on to Buena's QB and sacked him twice. Thomas is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made seven or more in the last four games he's played dating back to last season.
Ventura has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 5-3 record this season. As for Oak Park, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 6-2.
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