Football Preview: San Clemente Tritons vs. Chino Hills Huskies
San Clemente has been on the road for two straight, but on Friday they'll finally head home. They will host the Chino Hills Huskies at 7:00 p.m. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
San Clemente's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They breezed by Corona del Mar on the road to the tune of 28-0. Given the Tritons' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 34th, while the Sea Kings are ranked 102nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Colin Kohl was nothing short of spectacular: he rushed for 74 yards and three touchdowns. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Cole Herlean, who picked up 91 receiving yards and a touchdown.
San Clemente's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged three passes before it was all said and done. It was truly a group effort as Riley Kelley, Max Bollard, and Mason Evans picked up one apiece. Matai Tagoa'I was another major factor on D, picking up a sack, forcing a fumble, and making six total tackles (1.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Chino Hills). They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat JW North 58-6 at home. With Chino Hills ahead 49-6 at the half, the matchup was all but over already.
Alex Medyn was his usual excellent self, throwing for 326 yards and five touchdowns while completing 85.7% of his passes, and also punching in a touchdown on the ground.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Chino Hills' defense and their three sacks. In that department, Rodrigo Prieto was the leader with two.
The win got San Clemente back to even at 2-2. As for Chino Hills, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 3-1.
San Clemente took their win against Chino Hills in their previous matchup back in November of 2016 by a conclusive 36-13. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Chino Hills' Walter Carl Iii, who rushed for 149 yards and a touchdown. Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be easier for San Clemente to walk away with another win? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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