Week 8 High School Football Preview: Edison vs. Los Alamitos
When/where: Thursday, 7 p.m. at Huntington Beach High
Key Chargers: Sr. QB Griffin O’Connor (92 of 156 passing for 1,329 yards, 12 TDs and seven INTs); Sr. WR-DB David Atencio (34 catches for 604 yards and seven TDs; three INTs, 15 tackles); Sr. DE-RB Hunter Griggs (five sacks, 36 tackles; 25 carries 132 yards and five TDs)
Key Griffins: Jr. RB Keanu Norman; Sr. LB Issaiah Johnson; Sr. QB Grant Caraway
Breakdown: Edison plays host to Los Alamitos in a first-place showdown in the Sunset League, and the winner will be in the driver seat to win the title … Chargers (5-2, 2-0 in league), the league champions the past two years, are riding a 12-game winning streak in league … Griffins (4-3, 2-0) are the last team in league to hand the Chargers a loss, coming on Nov. 6, 2014 … Edison has outscored its first two league opponents 111-0, and Los Alamitos has topped that, winning its games 113-0 … Chargers, ranked No. 5 in the CIF Southern Section Division 2 poll, and the Griffins have ruled the league the previous eight seasons, with Edison finishing first six times and Los Alamitos twice … Edison defeated the Griffins 17-9 in last year’s game … Los Alamitos coach Ray Fenton said he expects another close game with the Chargers … Edison has never lost in league to Fenton, who coached at Fountain Valley from 2013-15.
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