2016 Ventura College Football News
Ventura College football and head coach Steve Mooshagian are proud to update that an additional 20 Pirates from the 2016 3-peat Northern Conference champions have inked scholarships or committed to play at four-year schools. Combined with the nine student athletes who signed and/or transferred mid-year in December and the six who inked offers in the early spring, 36 Pirates from the 2016 team will be moving on to the four-year level.
The Ventura College football team opened summer workouts earlier this month with two assistant coaches receiving promotions to coordinate the Pirate offense and defense, respectively, in 2017. Entering his fourth season with VC football, Ryan Clanton will be directing the high octane Pirate offense while third-year assistant Mike Haydon will coordinate the Pirate defense.
Ventura College football and head coach Steve Mooshagian are proud to update that an additional six Pirates from the 2016 3-peat Northern Conference champions have inked scholarships or committed to play at four-year schools. Combined with the nine student athletes who signed and/or transferred mid-year in December, 15 Pirates from the 2016 team will be moving on to the four-year level, with additional signings anticipated.
The Pirate football team, fresh off its third consecutive Southern California Football Association Northern Conference title, has proven it can get the job done it the classroom as well. VC has landed 15 players on the SCFA Scholar-Athlete team, which leads the entire association. The next in line is Canyons with 14, then four teams each with seven honorees. This is the second time in four seasons that VC has led the SCFA in scholar-athlete selections.
Offensive tackle Jake Colman and defensive back Vosean Crumbie have been named first team All-Americans by the JC Athletic Bureau in voting by coaches around the state last month. Additionally, quarterback Jake Luton, center Josh Mantle, wide receiver Jonte Broski and linebacker Darrian McIntyre were voted to the All-California first team for Region III of Southern California.
(Originally published Dec. 22, 2016) Pirate football head coach Steve Moosagian is pleased to announce that nine members of VC's 3-peat Northern Conference champion football team have made commitments to transfer mid-year to NCAA Division I schools. Five signed National letters of Intent last week while two more will be given preferred walk on status at their new schools. These mid year transfers will be eligible to participate in spring practice with their new teams in preparation for the 2017 season next fall.
Record-setting quarterback Jake Luton and VC head coach Steve Mooshagian lead a host of Pirates who have been honored by the Southern California Football Association Northern Conference in its annual awards announced last week. Luton was named the Offensive Player of the Year in the All-Conference awards while Mooshagian was named the Coach of the Year after leading Ventura to an undefeated conference campaign, its third straight conference championship, and into the SCFA playoffs for the third time in five years.
They fought to the end. The Ventura College football team found themselves down by three scores with 4:31 remaining in the National Bowl at Yorba Linda High School against host Fullerton, and they kept fighting. Quarterback Jake Luton passed for two touchdowns on VC's final two possessions giving the Pirates (8-3) a chance in the Southern California Football Association semifinal, but in the end the deficit was too much. Ventura had it's season come to a close with a 48-41 loss to the Hornets.
The Pirate offensive juggernaut continued in record-setting fashion in the regular-season finale at Cerritos Saturday, taking with it two more Southern California Football Association Player of the Week honors. Quarterback Jake Luton won his sixth award of the season as the Offensive Player of the Week and running back Isaiah Brown won his second award for the year for Special Teams/All-Purpose.
The regular season is complete and the power rankings are in. The Ventura College football team is seeded No. 4 in the Southern California Football Association power rankings and will travel to No. 1 Fullerton on Saturday Nov. 19 for its third appearance in the CCCCAA State Playoffs in the past five years. The Pirates (8-2) will play the Hornets (9-1) at Yorba Linda High School in the National Bowl. It is VC's sixth consecutive bowl game under head coach Steve Mooshagian.
On yet another record-setting evening, the Pirate football team completed its path of destruction through the Northern Conference with a 56-35 victory over host Cerritos College Saturday night. Quarterback Jake Luton passed for a school record 474 yards and the Pirates racked up a record 720 yards in total offense in completing the program's second undefeated conference campaign in five years.
Pirate defensive back Alvin Pacheco and quarterback Jake Luton have both earned Southern California Football Association Northern Conference Player of the Week honors for week 10. third week in a row in which the Pirates have had two players honored with player of the Week awards.
The Pirate football team claimed a 3-peat Northern Conference championship with a resounding 49-21 victory at Bakersfield Saturday. Quarterback Jake Luton had 343 yards of total offense, 271 in the air and 72 on the ground, and accounted for five touchdowns, three passing and two rushing, leading the charge to VC's fourth conference title in the past five seasons. Isaiah Brown had another solid day, as well, with 103 yards rushing and a touchdown for Ventura (7-2, 4-0).
Pirate quarterback Jake Luton has done it again. For the fourth time this season, he has earned the Southern California Football Association Offensive Player of the Week award, this week for his efforts in the 49th Citrus Cup game against Moorpark College. Luton had 459 yards of total offense with four scores in the Pirates' 42-28 victory over the Raiders.
In the 49th edition of the Citrsu Cup game, the Pirate football team used a big second quarter to take control en route to a 42-28 victory over Moorpark College at the VC Sportsplex Saturday night. Quarterback Jake Luton passed for 394 yards and three touchdowns and ran for another score, and running back Isaiah Brown found paydirt twice while rushing for 100 yards to lead Ventura (6-2, 3-0) to its ninth straight win in the storied rivalry.
VC defensive back ran wild over Santa Monica in the Pirates' record-breaking 76-21 victory Saturday night at the Sportsplex. The 6-foot-2, 195 pound freshman from Talahassee, Fla. scored touchdowns on each of his first two punt returns, 75 and 70 yards, respectively, in the first quarter of the game. He totaled 176 all-purpose yards on a total of four kick returns in addition to his shut-down play at cornerback for the VC defense. Crumbie has earned both the Southern California Football Association Northern Conference Special Teams/All-Purpose Player of the Week and JC Athletic Bureau State Special Teams Player of teh Week honors for his efforts.
