The Yorba Linda Mustangs will take on the Newbury Park Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Yorba Linda sitting on five straight victories and Newbury Park on 12.
Yorba Linda is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They snuck past Serra with a 24-20 win.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Yorba Linda to victory, but perhaps none more so than Holden Nagin, who threw for 174 yards and a touchdown while completing 77.8% of his passes, and also rushed for 41 yards. Another back making a difference was Cole Nerio, who rushed for 54 yards and two touchdowns.
Yorba Linda was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 202 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 195 rushing yards in three consecutive matches.
Yorba Linda's defense made their presence known, laying out Jimmy Butler. six times. Leading the way was Blake Thorp with three sacks. He is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made six or more in the last three games he's played.
Meanwhile, Newbury Park faced San Clemente in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. Newbury Park walked away with a 24-13 victory over San Clemente. The 24-point effort marked the Panthers' lowest-scoring contest of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
A big part of Newbury Park's win came down to the chemistry between Brady Smigiel and his top target Shane Rosenthal. Smigiel threw for 218 yards and two touchdowns while Rosenthal picked up 94 receiving yards and a touchdown. Newbury Park also got a significant boost from Tyler Stromsoe, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 88 yards.
Newbury Park didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Drew Cofield and Balen Betancourt.
Newbury Park's victory was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 12-0. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 26.1 points. As for Yorba Linda, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 10-2 record this season.
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