Huntington Beach Wins League Opener Behind Escobedo

Eric Escobedo scored on a one-yard run and returned an interception 60 yards for another touchdown to lead Huntington Beach to a 21-7 Sunset League victory over Ocean View Friday night.

Huntington Beach (2-2, 1-0 in league) controlled the game on both sides of the line of scrimmage from the outset.

Defensively, the Oilers limited Ocean View (1-3, 0-1) to just four first downs,three of which came on the Seahawks’ final possession.

Escobedo led the Oiler offense with 56 yards rushing, and quarterback Jack Friend added 55 yards rushing.

Huntington Beach Coach George Pascoe said the Oiler defense pressured the Seahawk quarterbacks and their run-and-shoot offense with several blitzes.

“The run-and-shoot is a great offense,” Pascoe said, “but if you can put pressure on the quarterback, you can usually slow it up.”

Ocean View scored its only touchdown with 1 minute 40 seconds left in the game on a one-yard run by Eric Hatfield. The score was set up by a 37-yard pass from Al Fanoga to Peter Ohm on fourth and 13.