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Placentia, CA — While quarterback Brady Smigiel and receiver Shane Rosenthal have been the show at Newbury Park this fall, senior receiver Landon Bell has been the showstopper.
The Arizona commit’s one-handed TD snag in last Friday’s 42-30 win over Ventura was one of the catches of this or any year.
"It's really instinctual," Bell said. "I don't try to go out and do stuff like that, it just happens. ... That right there was just instinct. It was a crowd-pleaser for sure."
Bell has caught 47 passes for 813 yards and 12 TDs as a senior.
The six local quarterfinals include an average round-trip trek of more than 162 miles for the visiting team. Agoura’s round trip to Pasadena to play Muir is the shortest at 78 miles.
The venue for Newbury Park’s Division 5 quarterfinal at Santa Ana-Foothill changed Thursday morning.
The air quality at Tustin High, where Foothill plays its home games, has been affected by a fire at a nearby World War II-era hanger. Administrators shifted the game 12 miles north to Placentia-Valencia. Good luck tonight Panthers!!🏈