CAT’S CRADLE At left, Newbury Park High freshman quarterback Brady Smigiel threw 46 touchdown passes this season. The fun is over, for now. Newbury Park High’s football team, with a rookie head coach and a rookie quarterback, dazzled Acorn country fans this season. The Panthers’ wild ride ended with a 49- 28 loss Nov. 11
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL /// Playoffs The undefeated No. 1 high school football team in the Acorn Power Poll lost its first round playoff game . . . by 48 points. Thousand Oaks, which finished the regular season 10-0 for the first time in program history, lost 62-14 to Chaparral of Temecula on Nov. 4 on
PLAYOFF FEVER Clockwise from left, Calabasas High football athlete Aaron Butler, Oak Park running back Rowan Heidt, Calabasas quarterback Alonzo Contreras and Oak Park quarterback Kadyn Parr helped their teams battle in the CIF-Southern Section Division 6 playoffs. Calabasas will play in the semifinals this week. Photos by RICHARD GILLARD Acorn Newspapers The Coyotes can
TRIPPED UP Camarillo’s Reese Winchester gets tripped up by Newbury Park in the regular season finale. Winchester plucked two interceptions in the Scorpions’ first-round playoff win last week. Winchester entered the Division 4 quarterfinal game with six interceptions on the year, 13 for his prep career. The undefeated No. 1 high school football team in the