Northern Division

Buena 27, Thousand Oaks 20: Buena passes big test by Derry Eads in Ventura.
Newbury Park 34, Rio Mesa 6: Newbury Park adjusts well by Joe Curley in Newbury Park.
Pacifica 56, Simi Valley 27: Mondol, Pacifica roll past Simi Valley by Sean Ceglinsky in Oxnard.
Camarillo 49, Agoura 14: Camarillo clicks against Agoura by Jeffrey Dransfeld in Camarillo.
Hueneme 33, Calabasas 0: Hueneme blanks Calabasas by Ted Cotti in Hueneme.
Westlake 42, Saugus 20: Isham powers Westlake over Saugus by Bob Buttitta in Santa Clarita.
Chaminade 33, Royal 14: Chaminade too much for Royal by David Lassen in Los Angeles.

Northwest Division

Santa Paula 23, Golden Valley 13: Santa Paula earns first win by Steve Pratt in Canyon Country.
Morro Bay 28, Oak Park 13: Morro Bay holds off Oak Park by Lance O'Fallon in Oak Park.

Thanks to the Jewish New Year - Rosh Hashanah, which begins tonight at sundown - we get two nights of high school football this week.

Here are the news, notes and highlights from last night's games:

Buena 27, Thousand Oaks 20: It was only a matter of time before Cliff Farrar turned the Buena program into a winner again. But this quick? Wow. In Farrar's second season at the helm, the Bulldogs recorded their biggest win in several years. Buena QB Robert Munoz completed 15 of 19 passes for 218 yards as Buena improved to 2-0 against a Thousand Oaks team that played Valencia down to the wire last week. The Lancers were without the services of RB Richard Minyard.

Camarillo 49, Agoura 14: On the same day the school conducted tryouts for its loudest students, Camarillo gave them plenty to scream about. Ossie Toc - could there be much better of a name? - rushed for 155 yards and two touchdowns. Ryan Molesworth caught three touchdown passes from Jeff Mathews in the route. If you espouse the Kevin Bacon theory, Ventura might be in for a handfull tonight against Moorpark. The Cougars lost to Agoura 12-0 in the opener last week.

Newbury Park 34, Rio Mesa 6: The Panthers scored 34 unanswered points and held Rio Mesa to just 37 yards of total offense in the second half. Newbury Park QB Jake Geringer threw for two touchdowns and ran for two more.

Westlake 42, Saugus 20: Nick Isham knows what perfection feels like. The Westlake QB finished an eye-popping 16 of 16 for 153 yards and four touchdowns. If that wasn't enough, Isham also caught four passes for 27 yards and returned an interception 75 yards for a touchdown as the Warriors posted 42 points for the second straight game. Tavior Mowry rushed 13 times for 103 yards. 

Pacifica 56, Simi Valley 27: This game was over by halftime as QB transfer Max Mondol completed 9 of his first 10 passes, including four touchdowns. Mondol finished the game 13 of 15 for 190 yards and his second incompletion of the game didn't come until less than 10 minutes remained in the fourth quarter.

Chaminade 33, Royal 14: Chaminade led 33-0 before Royal finally put together a few scoring drives. Royal QB Zach Collins completed 24 of 43 passes for 270 yards and Connor Wolcott had 11 receptions for 166 yards.

Hueneme 33, Calabasas 0: Sure the Vikings haven't played the toughest schedule, but 3-0 sure feels good after not winning a single game last season. Speaking of that, Calabasas can relate to losing streak. The Coyotes have had a few of their own over the years. Senior RB Trashaun Nixon had a stellar performance for Hueneme, rushing for 269 yards on 16 carries and scoring three touchdowns. Nixon broke off TD runs of 76 and 93 yards in the fourth quarter.

Morro Bay 28, Oak Park 13: The Eagles had to dig deep to find a starting QB last night. Brad Taylor was out with headaches and his backup Connor Hill was out with a hernia. Oak Park turned to WR-turned-QB Dereck Deakin, who completed 3 of 8 passes, including a 66-yard touchdown pass to Aiki Zapati (another classic name for the vault).

Santa Paula 23, Golden Valley 13: Santa Paula registered its first win behind Ivan Ledesma. The senior returned a kickoff 96 yards for a touchdown and went 69 yards on a screen pass thrown by sophomore Kameron Klein for another touchdown. Ledesma finished with five catches for 125 yards. 

 

Looks like the Ventura and Buena girls' volleyball teams are on the upswing this season.

Both recorded impressive wins last night with Ventura sweeping Oak Park and Buena beating La Reina in four games.

Ventura has put together an impressive coaching staff. First-year coach Jared Godinez is a former volleyball standout for the Cougars and his assistants are Maurice Shimabaku, Debbie Litten and Melissa Yeto.

Shimabaku once led Hueneme High to a state title, Litten is Ventura's former successful head and Yeto was an assistant at Ventura College.

Buena and Ventura compete in the always-tough Channel League and will have to contend with the powers up North, especially Dos Pueblos. Ventura hasn't made the playoffs since Litten was at the helm.

CIF-SS Division II playoffs, first round

Cypress 11, Buena 10

CIF-SS Division IV playoffs, first round

St. Bonaventure 6, San Marino 5: Strikeouts by Nolan Rodarte left the bases loaded in the sixth and seventh innings as the senior recorded his school-record 10th save of the season and guided the Seraphs into the second round for the fifth straight season. Senior J.J. Lasalle picked up the win in relief to improve to 6-2. Senior catcher Mike Marrietta was 3 for 4 with two RBIs and two runs scored. St. Bonaventure faces La Quinta Tuesday.

St. Paul 2, Oaks Christian 1 (8 inn.): Nick Pann went 2 for 3 with a double and an RBI, Drew Hacker scored a run and had a stolen base and Travis Radke pitched seven innings, allowing two earned runs with three strikeouts, for the Lions (12-9).

Palm Desert 6, Oak Park 0

CIF-SS Division VI playoffs, first round

Santa Paula 6, Rio Hondo 0: Allen Gwynn went 2 for 3 with two runs scored, a home run, double and an RBI for the Cardinals (20-8). Gwynn also threw a shutout with 12 strikeouts. C.J. Castaneda went 3 for 4 with an RBI and a run scored. Justin Macias had two RBIs, a run scored, a double and a hit.

Nordhoff 9, Kern Valley 1: Tom Quackenbush went 3 for 3, including a two-run double that was part of a five-run second inning, and Dan Stoner scattered nine hits while allowing just one run in a complete-game effort. Nordoff (9-10) picked up its eighth win in 10 games.

Poly/Pasadena 8, Grace Brethren 4

Division I

San Clemente 2, Thousand Oaks 1

Division V

Oaks Christian 4, Torrance 0
Valley Christian 2, La Reina 1 (2OT)
La Canada 1, Oak Park 0

Division VI

Malibu 3, Linfield Christian 0
St. Margaret's 3, Santa Paula 0

Division VII

St. Paul 2, Thacher 0

Division I

Thousand Oaks 3, Peninsula 0
San Clemente 2, Buena 1
Trabuco Hills 3, Agoura 2
Mater Dei 1, Ventura 0

Division IV

St. Joseph of Santa Maria 3, Camarillo 0
Santa Ynez 2, Rio Mesa 0

Division V

Oak Park 6, Crossroads 0
Oaks Christian 7, Windward 1
La Reina 2, Campbell Hall 1
South Torrance 1, St. Bonaventure 1 (South advances via shootout, 5-4)

Division VI

Santa Paula 2, Bishop Union 0

Oaks Christian's eight-game winning streak came to an abrupt halt Friday night as Santa Clara kept its Tri-Valley League boys' basketball hopes alive with a 58-48 home win.

Thousand Oaks and La Reina won CIF-Southern Section cross country titles Saturday at Mount San Antonio College.

Scott Arellano caught a 23-yard touchdown pass from Tony Macarena in the fourth quarter of Oaks Christian's 54-0 win over rival Oak Park Friday at Agoura High.

But Arellano, the Lions' punter, accomplished something else strange for a punter Friday night. He blocked a punt.

For its second straight game against a Tri-Valley League power, the Santa Clara football team was supposed to have a home game Friday against Oak Park.

The Oct. 31 Tri-Valley League football game between host Oak Park and Oaks Christian has been moved to Agoura High, announced the Oak Park athletic department.