High School Football Preview: Fountain Valley vs. Los Alamitos
Fountain Valley (1-6, 0-2) vs. Los Alamitos (4-3, 1-1)
When/where: Friday, 7 p.m. at Westminster High
Key Barons: Sr. RB George Sykes; Sr. DE/WR Angel Hernandez; Sr. C Scott Craig.
Key Griffins: Sr. WR/DB Dylan Laurent; Sr. QB Hayden Smith; Sr. TE/LB Drew Platt.
Breakdown: First-year Los Alamitos Coach Ray Fenton will coach against his former team in this Sunset League matchup ... Fenton, who took over for longtime coach John Barnes at Los Al, coached at Fountain Valley the previous three seasons ... The Griffins are dangerous, though they’re coming off a 17-9 loss to Edison that was likely for first place in the league ... Laurent, who played at Estancia his first two years of high school, will try to get back on track against Fountain Valley after a tough game against Edison ... Fountain Valley is coming off a 66-34 loss to Newport Harbor, though the game was just the second time all year the Barons had scored more than 13 points in a game ... The Barons allowed 294 yards rushing and six touchdowns to Newport Harbor’s Cole Kinder ... Fountain Valley sophomore quarterback Andrew Ross was a highlight in the Newport Harbor game, with four touchdown passes, two of those coming to Hernandez.
