The Escondido Cougars will face off against the Oceanside Pirates at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Friday, Escondido was fully in charge, breezing past Vista 47-13 on the road.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Oceanside). 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.
Escondido now has a winning record of 2-1. As for Oceanside, the win also got them back to even at 2-2.
Escondido took a serious blow against Oceanside when the teams last played back in September of 2023, falling 44-7. Will Escondido have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other football content.
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