High School Football Preview: Edison vs. Fountain Valley
Edison (7-1, 3-0) vs. Fountain Valley (1-7, 0-3)
When/where: Friday, 7 p.m. at Orange Coast College
Key Chargers: Jr. QB Griffin O’Connor (87 of 143 passing for 1,606 yards, 17 TDs and three INTs); Sr. WR-DB E.J. Ginnis (32 catches for 666 yards and eight TDs); Sr. DE Kenny Carmichael (54 tackles, 10.5 sacks)
Key Barons: Jr. QB Garrett Horn; Sr. RB-DB George Sykes; Jr. DB-WR Josh Tellez
Breakdown: Edison and rival Fountain Valley meet for the 49th time … Chargers have won the Bell Game the last 11 years, and they hold a 33-14-1 edge in the series against the Barons … Chargers, ranked No. 2 in the CIF Southern Section Division 3 poll, can clinch at least a share of the Sunset League championship with a win … Fountain Valley, which has no shot of making the CIF Southern Section Division 5 playoffs with two games to go, is looking for its first league victory of the year … Edison Coach Dave White said running back Jack Carmichael will miss his second straight game with an AC sprain, while Shaun Colamonico, a standout wide receiver and cornerback who has been out with a hairline fracture of the fibula the last four games, will be a game-time decision … Fountain Valley, the designated home team, has never gone winless in the Sunset League, which it joined in 1974.
