z_Preps Plus

Updated: 10:06 p.m.

We've got two big CIF semifinal games this week. We'll have updates and coverage from all the games at our scoreboard, on Twitter and here of course. Be sure to follow our live video stream of Westlake vs. Thousand Oaks.

FINAL:
Westlake 62, Thousand Oaks 0

FINAL:
Oaks Christian 27, St. Bonaventure 24

Updated: 10:06 p.m.

Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving yesterday. But now it's the quarterfinal week of the playoffs and we've got 7 local teams playing tonight. We'll have updates and coverage from all the games at our scoreboard, on Twitter and here of course. Be sure to follow our live video stream of Moorpark vs. Thousand Oaks.

Final:
Westlake 42, Hart 14
Oaks Christian 55, Highland 21
St. Bonaventure 35, Canyon 17
Thousand Oaks 21, Moorpark 14
Santa Monica 29, Ventura 24
Torrance 34, Nordhoff 33

We will have two all-local CIF semifinal games next week:
Westlake vs. Thousand Oaks
St. Bonaventure vs. Oaks Christian

Updated: 11:05

It's the first week of the playoffs and we've got 11 local teams playing tonight. We'll have updates and coverage from all the games at our scoreboard, on Twitter and here of course. Be sure to follow our live video stream of Dominguez at Ventura.

FINAL:

Ventura 41, Dominguez 14
Ventura (11-0) advances to face Santa Monica (10-1) next week.

Westlake 59, Eastside 12
Westlake (11-0) advances to face Hart (8-3) next week.

Oaks Christian 43, Mira Costa 10
Oaks Christian (9-2) faces Highland (9-1) next week.

St. Bonaventure 19, Redondo Union 10
St. Bonaventure (9-2) faces Canyon (9-2) next week.

Thousand Oaks 20, Quartz Hill 7
Moorpark 17, Valencia 10
T.O. (7-4) hosts Moorpark (7-4) next week in all-county matchup.

Nordhoff 38, Bosco Tech 0
Nodhoff (7-4) faces Torrance (7-4) next week.

San Luis Obispo 54, Camarillo 28
Camarillo finishes 7-4.

Santa Monica 28, Channel Islands 20
Channel Islands finishes 7-4.

Cabrillo 42, Oak Park 19
Oak Park finishes 3-8.

Paraclete 42, Grace Brethren 7
Grace Brethren finishes 6-5.

Updated 10:38 p.m.

It's the last night of the regular season and we've got a packed schedule with 12 games involving county teams. We'll have updates and coverage from all the games at our scoreboard, on Twitter and here of course. Be sure to follow our live video stream of Camarillo at Rio Mesa.

FINAL SCORES:

Westlake 35, St. Bonaventure 14
Oaks Christian 42, Newbury Park 7
Moorpark 20, Simi Valley 0
Thousand Oaks 28, Calabasas 0
Camarillo 48, Rio Mesa 44
Oxnard 56, Pacifica 55
Santa Paula 26, Fillmore 23 (2OT)
Nordhoff 44, Oak Park 26
Channel Islands 44, Hueneme 0
Santa Barbara 35, Buena 7
Santa Clara 27, Malibu 20

COIN FLIPS:

To break the three-way tie for fourth in the Marmonte League (and determine the last two playoff berths), coins were flipped. Thousand Oaks finished fourth, Moorpark finished fifth and Simi Valley finished sixth (and out of the playoffs).

Coins will be flipped in the Pacific View League to break the three-way tie between Channel Islands, Rio Mesa and Oxnard later. If we get the results tonight, we'll put them here.

Updated: 11:18 p.m.

We've got a packed schedule tonight with 13 games involving county teams. We'll have updates and coverage from all the games at our scoreboard, on Twitter and here of course. Be sure to follow our live video stream of Rio Mesa at Channel Islands.

Final scores:

Oaks Christian 17, Moorpark 14
Oaks Christian trailed 14-7 in the 4th quarter but finished the comeback on a field goal by Steve Pelino with 0:10 left. Oaks Christian improves to 7-1 in Marmonte League play.

Rio Mesa 14, Channel Islands 10
After a win in a defensive battle, Rio Mesa is now alone in second place at 3-1 in Pacific View League play.

Ventura 41, San Marcos 0
Ventura finishes its regular season 10-0 and Channel League champions.

Westlake 45, Agoura 9
Westlake improves to 9-0, 8-0 Marmonte League, setting up a monster game against St. Bonaventure next week.

St. Bonaventure 60, Calabasas 7
With a Seraphs win and an Oaks Christian win next week, there will be a three-way tie atop the Marmonte League for the second-straight year.

Simi Valley 33, Thousand Oaks 9
Simi Valley can do no worse than a three-way tie for fourth with tonight's win.

Camarillo 63, Oxnard 50
Camarillo is now 4-0 in Pacific View League play after the high-scoring game.

Nordhoff 34, Carpinteria 24
Nordhoff is the lone unbeaten left in the Tri-Valley League before a showdown with Oak Park next week.

Oak Park 21, Fillmore 14
Fillmore recovered an onside kick in the final seconds and had a chance to finish the comeback, but couldn't convert.

Santa Paula 21, Santa Clara 9
Santa Paula gets its first win of the season.

Royal 42, Newbury Park 14
Royal gets its second Marmonte win.

Pacifica 56, Hueneme 7
Pacifica scores over 40 points for the fifth time this season.

Grace Brethren 23, Malibu 15
Grace improves to 2-1 in the Frontier League.

Updated: 10:51 p.m.

We've got a packed schedule tonight with 14 games tonight involving county teams. We'll have updates and coverage from all the games at our scoreboard,on Twitter and here of course. Be sure to follow our live video stream of Simi Valley at Oaks Christian.

Final scores:

St. Bonaventure 50, Thousand Oaks 8

Oaks Christian 38, Simi Valley 7

Ventura 34, Santa Barbara 14

Westlake 49, Newbury Park 3

Channel Islands 27, Oxnard 14

Moorpark 35, Royal 21

Camarillo 63, Pacifica 22

Rio Mesa 42, Hueneme 13

Nordhoff 40, Santa Paula 14

Agoura 24, Calabasas 17

Dos Pueblos 9, Buena 6

Carpinteria 33, Oak Park 21

Santa Clara 47, Villanova Prep 7

Bishop Diego 33, Grace Brethren 17

Updated: 11:48 p.m.

We've got a packed schedule tonight with 14 games tonight involving county teams. We'll have updates and coverage from all the games at our scoreboard and on Twitter and here of course. Be sure to follow our live video stream of the big cross-town rivalry game, Buena vs. Ventura.

Compiled from staff reports.

Tonight's final scores:

Oaks Christian 24, Thousand Oaks 17
Jordan Payton did the grinding on the most important defensive stand of the night. He broke up Thousand Oaks' final two pass attempts with a pair of hard hits, and Oaks Christian held on for a 24-17 victory in their key Marmonte League matchup

Ventura 20, Buena 6
Rodney Stanley completed 20 of 33 passes for 237 yards and a 59-yard touchdown pass to Leo Camacho, who caught six passes for 126 yards. Connor Armstrong carried 19 times for 82 yards and a 2-yard touchdown run to lead Ventura to an 8-0 record.

Westlake 34, Moorpark 13
Moorpark's defense held its ground in the first quarter and well into the second quarter, holding unbeaten Westlake to just three points.But the dynamic Westlake offense, led by Justin Moore and Dashon Hunt, was just too much.

Oxnard 33, Rio Mesa 30 (OT)
With the Yellowjackets facing 3rd and 6 from the 10-yard line in overtime, Oscar Sandoval faked the handoff, bounced outside for an 8-yard gain and a crucial first down. On the next play, Charles Beckley took the handoff and powered his way into the end zone for the game-winning touchdown.

St. Bonaventure 56, Agoura 0
Marc Evans threw two touchdown passes and Shaun Wick rushed for 107 yards and that was more than enough as the Seraphs (6-1, 5-1) dominated the Chargers and maintained their second-place standing in the highly competitive Marmonte.

Channel Islands 42, Pacifica 35 (OT)
With Channel Islands down by a touchdown with 1:20 left, Jeremiah Valoaga took a backward pass from Steven Gutierrez and then fired a perfect strike to Anthony Harper for a 47-yard touchdown that tied the game at 35-35. Getting the ball first in overtime, the Raiders (5-2, 1-1 Paciifc View) scored what turned out to be the winning touchdown, as Richard Gray took a screen pass from Gutierrez and rambled 11 yards for the score.

Simi Valley 37, Royal 3
Knowing Simi Valley had a good chance of breaking its seven-game losing streak to rival Royal, running back Elijah Via made sure of it. Via rushed for 156 yards and four touchdowns Friday night as host Simi Valley buried Royal.

Camarillo 58, Hueneme 14
Travis Valdez threw seven touchdown passes, four of them to Conrad Kotake.

Newbury Park 37, Calabasas 13
The memory of last year's homecoming loss to Calabasas wasn't far from the minds of Newbury Park's players. The Panthers used that as inspiration, scoring three unaswered touchdowns in the fourth quarter to break open a close game.

Nordhoff 35, Fillmore 6

Carpinteria 35, Santa Paula 32

Bishop Diego 35, Santa Clara 0
The Cardinals relied mostly on its running game, and Brandon Gonzalez was the catalyst, rushing 15 times for 143 yards and three touchdowns and quarterback Nolan Tisdale threw for two touchdowns as visiting Bishop Diego shut out Santa Clara.

Malibu 48, Villanova Prep 14
Austin Robison and Cole Anderson scored the lone touchdowns for Villanova Prep.

Mission Prep 31, Grace Brethren 6

Updated 11:24 p.m.

All of our local teams are in league play now, and we've got 13 games tonight involving county teams. We'll have updates and coverage from all the games here, at our scoreboard and on Twitter. Be sure to follow our live video stream of Camarillo vs. Channel Islands.

St. Bonaventure 38, Newbury Park 6 (FINAL)
The Seraphs first drive ended with an interception in the end zone, and a two-point try on its first touchdown was stuffed at the goal line. St. Bonaventure woke up from there and controlled the game -- offensively and defensively -- in a rout of host Newbury Park.

Westlake 45, Simi Valley 14 (FINAL)
Dashon Hunt ran for two touchdowns and returned an interception for another to lead Westlake (6-0, 5-0). The Warriors won handily even though they turned the ball over on a fumble on their first possession and gave it up on an interception on their second.

Oaks Christian 50, Royal 0 (FINAL)
Oaks Christian got off to a slow start in the first quarter, with three drives stalling and ending with punts. But in the second quarter, Brandon Dawkins found his groove and tossed three touchdown passes as the Lions quickly pulled away.

Thousand Oaks 37, Agoura 13 (FINAL)
Clark Abourisk completed 12 of 19 passes for 239 yards and five touchdowns as the Lancers improved to 5-1, 4-0 in league.

Moorpark 52, Calabasas 20 (FINAL)
Aaron Stanton rushed for 85 yards on just eight attempts and scored three touchdowns to help lead Moorpark to a victory.

Camarillo 36, Channel Islands 29 (FINAL)
Camarillo scored in the final minute to go ahead.

Oxnard 42, Hueneme 20 (FINAL)
The Yellowjackets led 42-0 at halftime.

Rio Mesa 51, Pacifica 42 (FINAL)
Pacifica scored three times in the fourth quarter to attempt a comeback, but Rio Mesa held it off to win its Pacific View League opener.

Carpinteria 40, Fillmore 14 (FINAL)
The Flashes lose their Tri-Valley League opener.

Oak Park 40, Santa Paula 35 (FINAL)
Oak Park scored in the final minute on an Aaron Lacombe 62-yard reception from Nick Fahn to take the lead.

Ventura 13, Dos Pueblos 6 (FINAL)
Ventura improves to 7-0 by winning its Channel League opener.

Buena 49, San Marcos 21 (FINAL)
The Bulldogs win their Channel League opener and improve to 2-5.

Grace Brethren 59, Santa Clara 17 (FINAL)
Grace Brethren exploded for 41 second-half points Friday night to celebrate a lopsided homecoming victory. Grace Brethren ovecame a 10-0 deficit early in the first quarter and went on to prevail in a game played in the fog.

A pair of 6-foot-7 targets will be on display tonight during VCSPreps.com's Domino's Game of the Week between Camarillo and Channel Islands highs.

Camarillo's Jake Maulhardt was well-known locally before he set the state record for receptions in a game last month at Canyon High.

"Jake is probably their primary offensive threat," said Channel Islands coach Gary Porter. "They throw it pretty well and they threw it to set up the run."

Meanwhile, Channel Islands features 6-foot-7 tight end Jeremiah Valoaga

"He's excellent," said Camarillo coach Dennis Riedmiller. "They try to get him the ball. He's a big, strong target. He's an athlete... We're going to have to take him away from them or he's going to be a pain for us on defense."

Valoaga has caught 26 passes for 413 yards and four touchdowns, including a pair of TD catches in last week's 50-14 over Santa Paula.

He also has 29 tackles, two sacks and four fumble recoveries playing defensive end.

Maulhardt, of course, is in the process of challenging Richard Mullaney's year-old CIF receiving records.

The 6-foot-7, 215-pound target already has 73 catches for 922 yards and six touchdowns. He had 28 catches for 351 yards and three scores from sophomore quarterback Michael Marin in the 52-28 loss at Canyon Sept. 23.

Upon starting quarterback Travis Valdez's return last week, Maulhardt reeled in 13 passes for 272 yards and two touchdowns in Camarillo's 49-15 win over Oak Park.

Two years ago, the Channel Islands High football opened 5-0 before suffering through a winless Pacific View League campaign.

This fall, behind the play of quarterback Steven Gutierrez, running back Richard Gray and tight end Jeremiah Valoaga, the Raiders have started 4-1.

Tonight's visit to traditional PVL power Camarillo, the Ventura County Star's Domino's Game of the Week, may show how much the program has progressed in head coach Gary Porter's three-year tenure.

"We've had this start before," said Channel Islands third-year coach Gary Porter. "We haven't competed in our own league.

Gutierrez has completed 57 of 100 passes for 747 yards and six touchdowns.

"He's shown a lot of poise," said Porter. "He runs the offense well. The team rallies around him."

Gray leads Ventura County with 750 yards rushing and seven touchdowns.

"He runs hard," said Porter. "We lead with a fullback and try to get him in favorable situations."

Those situations have become more frequent now that the Raiders have solved some holes in the offensive line. Guard Luis Ramirez and tackle Alejandro Magana return to form the left side, but junior center Javier Vasquez has performed well as a junior and guard Vince Cerrano has made the transition from the defensive side of the ball.

Defensively, Channel Islands has been boosted by the limited return of middle linebacker Richard Palmer, who suffered a broken leg in August.

"He'll get some spot play," said Porter.

The Raiders haven't played the Scorpions within a one-score game since a 30-24 loss in 2004.

But Channel Islands certainly has Camarillo coach Dennis Riedmiller's attention this year. 

 "They're a very good football team," said Riedmiller. "They have very good skill position athletes. They get after it. They're aggressive. That's a big difference. This is a team that can definitely beat us."

Channel Islands have dropped the past six meetings with Camarillo by an average margin of 46-8.

"This isn't going to be a 56-0 game," said Riedmiller. "These guys are going to come out here to beat you. Right now, we're all 0-0 and this is a game for a championship. That's how we're looking at it.