High School Football Preview: Los Amigos vs. La Quinta

By David Carrillo PeñalozaAssistant Editor, Fast Break Desk

Oct. 26, 2016 10:25 PM PT

Los Amigos (5-3, 2-1) vs. La Quinta (7-1, 3-0)

When/where: Thursday, 7 p.m. at Bolsa Grande High

Key Lobos: Sr. QB Steven Hernandez (182 carries for 1,374 yards and 16 TDs; 25 of 56 passing for 315 yards, five TDs and three INTs); Sr. RB Edgar Galindo (155 carries for 1,033 yards and four TDs); Sr. LB Zachary Boyer (50 tackles, three sacks)

Key Aztecs: Soph. QB Michael Nadeau (69 of 118 passing for 1,245 yards, 16 TDs and five INTs); Jr. RB-WR Dylan Do (66 carries for 630 yards and three TDs; 29 catches for 567 yards and seven TDs); Sr. DB Anton Ta (52 tackles)

Breakdown: Los Amigos can shake up the Garden Grove League with an upset of La Quinta, which is atop the league with defending league champion Garden Grove … La Quinta is on a seven-game winning streak … Lobos can secure a top-three finish in league and a berth into the CIF Southern Section Division 12 playoffs with a win … Aztecs cannot look ahead to their showdown at Garden Grove next week … Los Amigos defeated La Quinta, 55-52, in triple overtime last season.

David Carrillo Peñaloza

David Carrillo Peñaloza is an assistant editor on the Los Angeles Times’ breaking news team, the Fast Break Desk. He learned to read because of the newspaper. At breakfast, it was his job to translate stories to his parents, who were unable to read in English. His work has appeared in the Chicago Tribune, New York Times and Washington Post.