High School Football Preview: Marina vs. Los Alamitos

By David Carrillo PeñalozaAssistant Editor, Fast Break Desk

Oct. 7, 2016 9:01 AM PT

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Marina (3-2) vs. Los Alamitos (3-2)

When/where: Friday, 7 p.m. at Westminster

Key Vikings: Jr. QB Ian Green (44 of 96 passing for 750 yards, nine TDs and two INTs); Jr. RB Blaine Riederich (88 carries for 477 yards and four TDs); Sr. WR Noah Holmes (25 catches for 577 yards and 10 TDs)

Key Griffins: Sr. QB Hayden Smith; Sr. RB-DB Dylan Laurent; Sr. TE Drew Platt

Breakdown: Marina starts Sunset League play hoping to snap a 56-game losing skid in league … Los Alamitos’ coach is Ray Fenton, who guided Fountain Valley the past three years … Vikings last beat the Griffins in 1997 … Griffins are 30-3 all-time against the Vikings … Marina already has as many wins as it compiled in the past three years … Los Alamitos’ two setbacks have come against two ranked teams from the CIF Southern Section Division 1 poll, No. 6 JSerra, 45-35, and then-No. 5 Long Beach Poly, 27-20 … Vikings enter league at 3-2 for the first time since 2012 … Griffins play host to defending league champion Edison next week at Veterans Stadium in Long Beach.

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.