Buena, Ventura Follow Suit

By MIKE BRESNAHAN

Nov. 9, 1999 12 AM PT

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Ventura and Buena, which play Thursday for the Channel League championship, showed the same characteristics last week that they have displayed all season.

Ventura (9-0, 3-0 in league play) has won five games by six points or fewer, so it was no surprise that the Cougars eked out a 29-26 victory over Hueneme.

Buena (8-1, 3-0), which has outscored opponents, 304-106, since a season-opening 42-27 loss to Westlake, trounced Santa Barbara, 49-20.

“I think if [Buena] played Westlake now, they would beat Westlake,” said Ventura Coach Phil McCune. “They’re a completely different team now. They’ve got everything going for them. I think they’re the best team in our division right now.”

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Mike Bresnahan previously covered the Lakers for the Los Angeles Times. He started the beat in 2004, a month after Shaquille O’Neal was traded, and covered several seasons of mediocrity before the Lakers won back-to-back championships in 2009 and 2010. Now they’re back to mediocrity. Bresnahan is from Los Angeles, started with The Times after graduating the University of Wisconsin in 1994, and has also covered the L.A. Kings, pro beach volleyball and numerous colleges and high schools. He left The Times in 2016.