Week 10 High School Football Preview: Marina vs. Garden Grove

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

Key Vikings: Sr. RB/DB Pharoah Rush (82 carries for 700 yards and 11 TDs); Sr. WR/DB/K Eric Church (22 catches for 414 yards and five TDs); Jr. WR/DB Dane Brenton (25 catches for 454 yards and eight TDs); Jr. QB Jack Miler (59 of 109 passing for 922 yards, 12 TDs and four INTs)

Key Argonauts: Sr. RB/LB Jacob De La Torre (66 carries for 319 yards and three TDs; 30 tackles); Sr. TE/DE Joshua Ortiz (25 tackles, seven sacks, seven tackles for a loss and two forced fumbles); Sr. OL/DE Tafisi Gauta (47 tackles, 13 sacks, 10 tackles for a loss and four forced fumbles)

Breakdown: Marina can clinch the outright Big 4 League title with a win over Garden Grove in the regular-season finale ... A loss would mean the Vikings (7-2, 2-0 in league) and Argonauts (4-5, 1-1) shared the title, along with possibly Segerstrom (8-1, 1-1), which closes out league play at home against Westminster on Friday ... Marina, ranked No. 2 in CIF Southern Section Division 11, has already earned a share of its first league title since 1986 with last week’s 25-14 win over previously unbeaten Segerstrom, which was the Vikings third win in their last four games ... Rush had 12 carries for 80 yards and two touchdowns, his fourth game this season with more than one score on the ground ... Garden Grove, which advanced to the Division 9 semifinals last year before losing 40-27 to San Bernardino San Gorgonio, has struggled to score points at times this season. The Argonauts are averaging 9.2 points per contest and last week’s 22-0 win over Westminster was a season-high point total ... Garden Grove beat Marina 43-6 last year.

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