Oceanside and El Camino are an even 5-5 against one another since November of 2015, but not for long. The Oceanside Pirates will be playing in front of their home fans against the El Camino Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Oceanside is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They claimed a resounding 49-12 victory over Escondido 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.
It was another big night for Joseph Vinup, who rushed for 136 yards and a touchdown on only five carries, and also threw for 141 yards and three touchdowns on only 13 passes. He got the majority of those rushing yards when he took off on a run that went for an incredible 80 yards.
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.
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 games.
Meanwhile, El Camino earned a 22-9 win over Mt. Carmel on Friday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Wildcats.
The critical scores for El Camino came from Leo Bell, Jordan Lilo, and Lilo.
One reason for the win was El Camino's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for four sacks. Zack Ballow was especially locked on to Mt. Carmel's QB and sacked him three times.
Oceanside now has a winning record of 3-2. As for El Camino, their victory bumped their record up to 3-1.
Oceanside was dealt a bruising 49-8 loss 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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