Football Preview: San Pasqual Golden Eagles vs. Oceanside Pirates
San Pasqual hasn't had much luck against Oceanside recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The San Pasqual Golden Eagles will challenge the Oceanside Pirates at 7:00 p.m. San Pasqual will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each contest than the last.
San Pasqual's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed last Friday. They took their match at home with ease, bagging a 49-0 win over Orange Glen. Given the Golden Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 458th, while the Patriots are ranked 926th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
San Pasqual's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Robert Renteria, who threw for 171 yards and three touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes. Marcos Rocha was Renteria's top target, picking up 84 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Meanwhile, Oceanside was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap on Friday as they fell 21-17 to El Camino. The Pirates haven't had much luck with the Wildcats recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
Although Oceanside took the loss, they still got scores from Ezaya Tokio and Joseph Vinup.
Oceanside wouldn't let El Camino keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Oceanside can thank Esaias Juarez and Tokio for forcing both of them. Juarez is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made six or more in the last nine games he's played dating back to last season. Oceanside got some further help from Hezekiah Wells: he picked up three sacks and made five total tackles.
The victory snapped San Pasqual's losing streak at five games dating back to last season and leaves them with a 1-4 record. As for Oceanside, their loss dropped their record down to 3-3.
San Pasqual and Oceanside were neck-and-neck when the teams last played back in September of 2023, but San Pasqual came up empty-handed after a 35-34 defeat. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Vinup, who threw for 295 yards and two touchdowns on only 19 passes, and also rushed for 33 yards. Now that San Pasqual knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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