High School Football: Sage Hill vs. Avalon

By Barry Faulkner

Sept. 23, 2016 12:20 PM PT

Sage Hill (3-1) vs. Avalon (3-0)

When/where: Friday at 2 p.m., at Sage Hill

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FOR THE RECORD

An earlier version of this post gave an incorrect time and date for the game. It is Friday at 2 p.m.

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Key Lightning: Jr. QB William Leong; Sr. WR-CB Miles McCord; So. RB Nick Karahalios; Sr. DL Elijah Soto.

Key Lancer: Sr. QB-CB David Torres-Zellar.

Breakdown: The Lancers are defending CIF Southern Section eight-man division champions after an 11-0 campaign in 2015. They are 24-1 in their last 25 games and have outscored three opponents, 154-46, this season…Sage Hill, on a three-game winning streak, has averaged 61.7 points per game in that span…Leong has thrown for 764 yards and 15 touchdowns, with only two interceptions…Karahalios has 355 yards and six touchdowns rushing, while McCord has 13 catches for 265 yards and leads the team with 26 tackles…McCord has scored 12 touchdowns…Soto has 25 tackles for the Lightning…Sage Coach BJ Crabtree said Torres-Zellar, a 6-foot, 155-pounder, is the Lancers’ best player…Crabtree also believes the Lancers will provide an extreme challenge.

Barry Faulkner

Barry Faulkner is an award-winning writer who covered sports for Times Community News from 1986 until he left TCN in 2017. He was the assistant sports editor; covered UC Irvine, Vanguard University and Orange Coast College; and wrote a periodic column. He became sports editor of the Huntington Beach Independent in 1986, and a full-time Daily Pilot sportswriter in 1990.