High School Football Preview: Fountain Valley vs. Foothill

By David Carrillo PeñalozaAssistant Editor, Fast Break Desk

Sept. 15, 2016 5:23 PM PT

Fountain Valley (0-3) vs. Foothill (1-1)

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

Key Barons: Jr. QB Garrett Horn (26 of 65 passing for 284 yards, one TD and two INTs); Jr. DB Josh Tellez; Sr. RB Angel Hernandez

Key Knights: Sr. QB Bobby Garcia (20 of 38 passing for 202 yards, one TD and two INTs); Sr. RB Dante Swayne (39 carries for 139 yards and one TD); Sr. WR Devon Anderson (nine catches for 106 yards and one TD)

Breakdown: Fountain Valley hopes to avoid its first 0-4 start in 14 years … Foothill is coming off its first win of the season, a 13-0 shutout of Tustin … Barons reached double-digit points for the first time last week in a 31-13 loss at Trabuco Hills … Knights last played the Barons three years ago, when Fountain Valley opened the season with a 49-28 win … Fountain Valley is one setback away from matching last season’s loss total under-then coach Ray Fenton … Foothill, which is from the four-team Crestview League, missed the CIF Southern Section Southwest Division playoffs a year ago.

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.