Week 1 High School Football Preview: Costa Mesa vs. Santiago

When/where: 7 p.m. Friday at Garden Grove High

Key Mustangs: Jr. MLB Ryan Bourbeau; Jr. QB Nick Burton; Sr. RB Bryan Hernandez

Key Cavaliers: Sr. QB Bernardo Monroy; Jr. RB/MLB Derrick Martin; Sr. RB/FS Adam Reyes

Breakdown: A new era begins as the Mustangs play their first game under head coach Jimmy Nolan … Costa Mesa has won just four games over the past three seasons, and it went 0-10 during the 2018 campaign … The Mustangs will look to turn things around with Burton lining up under center. Burton played football as a freshman at Marina, but he did not play last season. The strong-armed right-hander will have senior wide receiver Cory Richards among his targets, and Hernandez provides experience at running back at the varsity level … Costa Mesa last beat Santiago in 2015. The programs are very familiar with each other. They have faced each other every season since 2006, including CIF Southern Section playoff meetings in 2008 and 2009 … Santiago went 6-4 overall and finished third in the Garden Grove League at 3-2 last season. The Cavaliers did not qualify for the Division 13 playoffs.

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