Newbury Park has won four straight games at home, while Thousand Oaks has won four straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Friday. The Newbury Park Panthers will welcome the Thousand Oaks Lancers at 7:00 p.m. Newbury Park knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 31 points or more in their past eight matchups -- so hopefully Thousand Oaks likes a good challenge.
Last Friday, Newbury Park took their game at home with ease, bagging a 45-3 victory over Westlake. 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.
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 290 yards and five touchdowns while completing 76.9% of his passes while Rosenthal picked up 199 receiving yards and three touchdowns. Rosenthal torched the secondary when he pulled down a catch that went for 82 yards. Another player making a difference was Kayin Booker, who gained 93 total yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, Thousand Oaks scored the most points they've had all season on Friday, but it wasn't enough. They fell to Rio Mesa 54-48. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game two weeks ago (41), the Lancers still had to take the loss.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Jackson Taylor and JJ Bittner. Bittner had a great game and threw for 267 yards and two touchdowns. Meanwhile, Taylor was balling out in the loss, throwing for 356 yards and six touchdowns while completing 73% of his passes, and also punching in a touchdown on the ground.
Newbury Park's victory bumped their record up to 8-0. As for Thousand Oaks, their loss dropped their record down to 5-3.
We should be in store for an exciting game as both have no problem gaining yardage. Newbury Park has been on an offensive roll this season, having averaged 377.2 total yards per game. However, it's not like Thousand Oaks struggles in that department as they've been averaging 376.9. With a pair of commanding offenses duking it out, the defenses are going to have their work cut out for them.
Newbury Park came out on top in a nail-biter against Thousand Oaks in their previous meeting back in November of 2023, sneaking past 22-19. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Taylor, who threw for 298 yards and two touchdowns. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Newbury Park still be able to contain Taylor? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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