High School Football Preview: Sage Hill vs. Discovery

Sept. 29, 2016 4:25 PM PT

Sage Hill (3-2) vs. Discovery (0-3)

When/where: Friday 7 p.m., at Sage Hill

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

Breakdown: The Lightning are hoping to bounce back from a 60-44 loss to Avalon that halted a three-game winning streak…Discovery, based in Pacoima, has been outscored, 112-20, and has losses to Avalon, 38-12, and Calvary Chapel Downey, 38-8, both of which defeated Sage Hill this season…Leong has thrown for 885 yards and 20 touchdowns, while McCord has 24 receptions for 436 yards and 13 TDs…McCord has also scored three TDs on punt/kickoff returns...With just eight regular-season games on the schedule, Sage Hill has just two more following this contest.

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.