Friday, August 26, 2022
Friday nights in the USA at this time of the year means only one thing, time for another round of high school football games!
We opted for the game featuring
the El Camino Real HS Royals (0-1)
at the Newbury Park Panthers (1-0)
It was a BEAUTIFUL night
for American football!
The Opening Kickoff would unfortunately be the last time that the game was close
El Camino Real on offense in white
As what has been the norm over the last three seasons of watching the Royals, tonight would be a struggle.
El Camino Real lining up to receive
another Panthers kickoff
Jacob watching NP Offensive Line
Coach Ryan Hurley at work on
the sideline
The rules allowing modern technology on the field during games has been a tremendous upgrade for all coaches and positions but especially for the Offensive Line in my opinion.
Jacob giving NPHS QB Brady Smigiel
some pointers on his first quarter play
It must have worked as Smigiel threw TD passes on each the first two NPHS plays of the game!
Brady Smigiel going DEEP!
Brady Smigiel is only a Freshman but what a start to his high school Varsity career. Tonight he was 9 for 12 passing for 231 yards, 4 TDs and 0 Interceptions. He also ran for a TD on a Read Option Keep play. Leading 44-0 at the intermission, Smigiel did not play in the Second Half.
A proud moment between NPHS Head Coach
Joe Smigiel and his son Brady
There would be many of these proud moments tonight.
After his first two games as the NPHS Quarterback, Smigiel has put up some amazing numbers, especially for a Freshman. His season passing stat line is now 30 for 47 (64%), 558 yards, 8 TDs and 0 Interceptions.
RELENTLESS!
Jacob with Panthers
Right Guard Mason Marchlick
With Joanne and Paul Sabolic
Laurie and I enjoyed sharing a pre-game meal with them and Paul's brother Al at the Ranch Hand BBQ in Newbury Park.
One of the best things of graduating from the University of Washington is having met Paul, one of the good guys, and Joanne a few years later after they were married. They are just a good and fun couple to hang out with all these many years later.
Their son Jason is El Camino Real's Head Coach and that is the reason that we follow the Royals who won the 2021 Los Angeles City DII Championship.
QB Brady Smigiel with Jacob
Kibitzing with some happy
NPHS coaches at halftime
The rules in California high school football state that if at the start of the Fourth Quarter a team leads by 35 or more points, the Mercy Rule is invoked which means that the rest of the game is played using a running clock.
If at any time before the start of the Fourth Quarter both teams agree to it, the Mercy Rule can take effect then. With NPHS ahead 44-0 and at least three ECR players injured in the First Half, such an agreement was in place as the entire Second Half was played with a running clock.
Jacob and QB Brady Smigiel walking
off of George Hurley Field after
NP's 51-0 win
Jacob in the Panthers locker room with
scary looking Right Tackle Carson Berry
Jacob by the Panther Eyes amid
the post-game locker room celebration
Newbury Park (2-0) will host the Crespi Celts (0-2) next Friday.
The El Camino Real Royals (0-2) will try to get untracked on the road again next Friday against the Calabasas Coyotes (1-1).
On a Royals player's shoe is
part of the melted turf permanently
attached to the sole of his footwear
Adding to El Camino Real's problems in 2022 is having to play all ten of their games at their opponent's home fields. The Royals Stadium's artificial turf has been ruled unsafe to play on as the surface, made with inferior materials as it turns out, partially melted during the extreme heat this Summer.
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