Once renowned for its flash, the unbeaten Newbury Park High football team now wins with grit.

Chris Brown rushed for 194 yards and three touchdowns, the Panthers defense chalked up eight sacks and Newbury Park staved off determined Simi Valley to register a 32-13 victory in their Marmonte League matchup Friday night at Newbury Park High.

Still perfect after eight weeks at 8-0, including 5-0 in the Marmonte League, first-place Newbury Park prevailed in a physical slugfest that also featured 186 rushing yards and two second-half touchdowns for Simi Valley's Langston Jackson.

"We just really want to win games, any way we can," said Brown, a 6-foot-1, 189-pound junior. "This team hasn't done all that well in the past seven years. We want to change that this season."

Newbury Park coach George Hurley said it was a matter of "taking care of business."

"That's what it was," he said. "It wasn't pretty. We made some mistakes when we had a chance to put the game away. We need to improve our discipline as we get ready to play some big boys in the weeks ahead."

After staying up the night before until 5 a.m. to study for exams, Brown was anything but a sleepwalker come game time.

He tallied 91 yards, including a 7-yard touchdown run, as Newbury Park built a 19-0 lead at halftime. He finished with 194 yards and two more scoring runs of 17 and 16 yards on 28 carries

Newbury Park needed the production as Simi Valley surged hard in the second half.

With Jackson accounting for 49 yards on a five-play, 59-yard scoring drive, including a 28-yard touchdown run, Simi Valley opened the second half by trimming the deficit to 19-7.

Jackson totaled 123 rushing yards in the second half, including a 2-yard scoring run in the fourth quarter.

"Never give up," he said after his team moved to in league and 4-4 overall. "We kept playing hard, no matter what."

Jackson's second touchdown enabled Simi Valley to pull withing 13 points, at 26-13, with 6:34 left in the game.

But after recovering an onside kick, Newbury Park closed out the victory with six consecutive carries by Brown, including a 16-yard touchdown run with 3:44 remaining.

Newbury Park's Colby Cameron completed 11 of 25 passes for 151 yards with scoring throws of 30 yards to David Gru and 11 yards to Vincent Muscarella.

Simi Valley's Jared Zahorik was 7 of 14 for 112 yards, but was also sacked eight times for 52 yards in losses.

Newbury Park took command in the first half by opening up the game with seven consecutive runs by Brown, including a 7-yard touchdown run with 8:29 left in the first quarter.

Two series later, the lead grew to 12-0 on Cameron's 30-yard hookup with Gru on a flanker screen.

Newbury Park 32, Simi Valley 13

Marmonte League

Simi Valley 0 0 6 7—13

Newbury Park 6 13 7 6—32

First quarter

NP — Brown 7 run (kick failed), 8:29.

Second quarter

NP — Gru 30 pass from Cameron (kick failed), 11:53.

NP — V. Muscarella 11 pass from Cameron (P. Muscarella kick).

Third quarter

SV — Jackson 28 run (kick failed), 10:54.

NP — Brown 17 run (P. Muscarella kick), 6:34.

Fourth quarter

SV — Jackson 2 run (Castro kick), 6:34.

NP — Brown 16 run (kick failed), 3:44.

Teams Stats: SV NP

First downs 15 16

Rushes-yards 31-187 30-213

Passing 114 151

Total yards 301 364

Comp-Att-Int 7-14-0 11-25-1

Sacks-yards lost 8-52 0-0

Punts-Avg. 4-38.2 3-36.3

Fumbles-Lost 2-2 1-1

Penalties-Yards 2-20 8-85

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING — Simi Valley: Jackson 26-186, Dowling 5-1. Newbury Park: Brown 28-194, V. Muscarella 2-19.

PASSING — Simi Valley: Zahorik 7-14-0-114. Newbury Park: Cameron 11-25-1-151.

RECEIVING — Simi Valley: Williams 3-49, Cross 1-28, Dowling 1-13, Jackson 1-12, Bernardo 1-10. Newbury Park: Gru 4-82, Brown 2-27, V. Muscarella 2-23, P. Muscarella 2-9, Diefenthaler 1-10.

MISSED FIELD GOALS — None.

TEAM RECORDS: Simi Valley 4-4, ; Newbury Park 8-0, 5-0.