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Week 2 High School Football Preview: Fountain Valley vs. Trabuco Hills

Fountain Valley quarterback Nick Welch has thrown for 489 yards and six touchdowns in two games, and also rushed for 155 yards and two scores.
(Scott Smeltzer / Staff Photographer)
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When/where: 7 p.m. Friday at Huntington Beach High

Key Barons: Sr. QB Nick Welch (29 of 43 passing for 489 yards and six TDs; 21 carries for 155 yards and two TDs); Jr. WR-DB Kishaun Sykes (three carries for 24 yards and one TD; one catch or 48 yards); Sr. L-DE Nathaniel Wight

Key Mustangs: So. QB Logan Fife (26 of 40 passing for 413 yards, four TDs and one INT; 24 carries for 137 yards and two TDs); Sr. WR-RB Xavier Moore (11 catches for 140 yards and one touchdown; 10 carries for 78 yards)

Breakdown: Fountain Valley (2-0), ranked No. 9 in the CIF Southern Section Division 6 poll, has a chance to improve to 3-0 for the first time since 2009 with a win at home … Trabuco Hills is coming off a 24-17 win at home against Fullerton … Barons are expected to have the services of all-around threat Kishaun Sykes (ankle) and receiver Brandon Krause (knee), but defensive end Max Hanson (collarbone) is out, said coach Jimmy Nolan … Mustangs (1-1) are playing their first road game of the year … Fountain Valley has outscored the opposition 86-2 … Trabuco Hills has won five of the last six meetings with the Barons.

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