Football Preview: Oceanside Pirates vs. Escondido Cougars
The Oceanside Pirates will venture away from home to square off against the Escondido Cougars at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Oceanside is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. Everything went their way against Westview on Friday as Oceanside made off with a 33-10 victory. Given the Pirates' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 164th, while the Wolverines are ranked 482nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Oceanside was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 271 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Meanwhile, everything came up roses for Escondido on the road against Vista on Friday as the team secured a 47-13 win.
The victory got Oceanside back to even at 2-2. As for Escondido, they now have a winning record of 2-1.
Everything came up roses for Oceanside against Escondido when the teams last played back in September of 2023 as the squad secured a 44-7 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Oceanside since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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