Newbury Park is preparing for their first league matchup of the season on Friday. They will be playing at home against the Santa Barbara Dons at 7:00 p.m. Newbury Park will aim to continue their four-game streak of scoring more points each matchup than the last.
Newbury Park is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They enjoyed a cozy 43-28 win over Ventura on Friday. The victory continues a trend for the Panthers in their matchups with the Cougars: they've now won three in a row.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Brady Smigiel and Derek Garcia. Smigiel had a great game and threw for 268 yards and four touchdowns while completing 76.2% of his passes. Meanwhile, Garcia was balling out in the loss, throwing for 276 yards and three TDs, while also rushing for 127 yards and one score on only 15 carries.
Newbury Park's defense made their presence known, laying out Garcia four times. Landon Stuart was especially locked on to Ventura's QB and sacked him twice. Newbury Park got some further help from Simon Mekari: he picked up a sack, made ten total tackles (4.0 for loss), and defended one pass in addition to snagging an interception.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Santa Barbara, who bounced back after a loss on the road on September 12th. They blew past San Marcos, posting a 60-0 win. The game marked the Dons' most dominant victory of the season so far.
Santa Barbara now has a winning record of 3-2. As for Newbury Park, their win bumped their record up to 2-3.
Everything came up roses for Newbury Park against Santa Barbara in their previous matchup back in October of 2024, as the squad secured a 35-6 victory. In that contest, the Panthers amassed a halftime lead of 21-0, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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