Football Preview: Oceanside Pirates vs. El Camino Wildcats
Oceanside and El Camino are an even 5-5 against one another since November of 2015, but not for long. The Oceanside Pirates will welcome the El Camino Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Oceanside is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Escondido, posting a 49-12 victory on the road. Given the Pirates' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 149th, while the Cougars are ranked 413th), the result on Friday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Joseph Vinup was his usual excellent self, rushing for 136 yards and a touchdown on only five carries, while also throwing for 141 yards and three touchdowns on only 13 passes. He really tore up the turf during one magnificent 80-yard run.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Oceanside was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 372 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 160 rushing yards in four consecutive contests.
Oceanside wouldn't let Escondido keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Oceanside can thank David Daniels and Geramiah Beamon for forcing both of them. The dominant performance also gave Daniels a new career-high in rushing yards.
Meanwhile, El Camino beat Mt. Carmel 22-9 on Friday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Wildcats.
The critical scores for El Camino came from Leo Bell, Jordan Lilo, and Lilo.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to El Camino's defense and their four sacks. In that department, Zack Ballow was the leader with three.
Oceanside now has a winning record of 3-2. As for El Camino, their win bumped their record up to 3-1.
Oceanside was dealt a bruising 49-8 defeat at the hands of El Camino in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Thankfully for Oceanside, Carson Howard (who threw for 244 yards and four touchdowns while completing 73.7% of his passes, and also punched in a rushing score) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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