Football Preview: Newbury Park Panthers vs. San Clemente Tritons
The Newbury Park Panthers will face off against the San Clemente Tritons at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Newbury Park is currently enjoying a perfect season and no doubt wants to keep things rolling.
Newbury Park is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They really took it to San Jacinto for the full four quarters, racking up a 27-0 victory. Fans of the Panthers have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 20+ points.
It was another big night for Brady Smigiel, who rushed for 47 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 130 yards and a touchdown. That's the most rushing yards he has posted since back in September. Shane Rosenthal was in the mix as well, providing Newbury Park with a touchdown.
Meanwhile, San Clemente took their matchup on Friday with ease, bagging a 42-7 win over Damien. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Tritons.
San Clemente had a senior duo take command as Colin Kohl gained 109 total yards and two touchdowns and Dawson Martinez rushed for 104 yards and two touchdowns on only eight carries. Those 104 rushing yards set a new season-high mark for Martinez. Jack Ferguson was another key passer, throwing for 193 yards and two touchdowns while completing 84.6% of his passes.
San Clemente was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 222 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 91.2 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last five games they've averaged 123.8.
Newbury Park's victory was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 11-0. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 34.5 points. As for San Clemente, they now have a winning record of 6-5.
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