OCC Football Preview: Orange Coast vs. Moorpark
Orange Coast vs. Moorpark
When/where: Saturday, 6 p.m., at Moorpark College
Key Pirates: So. QB Cameron Biedgoly; So. WR Graeme Fraser; Fr. RB Lorenzo Williams; So.. DE Josh Heidemann.
Key Raiders: So. QB Max Leffler; So. DB Jimmy Lester.
Breakdown: The Raiders are coming off a 2-8 season that included one win by forfeit. The other win, a 23-20 overtime triumph over Orange Coast in the season opener ... OCC was 3-7 last season, including losses in its final six games ... Biedgoly threw for 1,359 yards and 11 touchdowns in seven games last season and opens as the starting QB for OCC ... Of OCC’s top 10 rushers last season, only one — Biedgoly — figures to have a rushing attempt Saturday ... Of Moorpark’s top 17 rushers last season, Leffler is the only returner. He carried 66 times for 208 yards and four TDs ... Leffler threw for 802 yards and five TDs, but had nine interceptions in 208 attempts in 2012 ... Moorpark was minus-four in turnover ratio last year, while OCC was minus-10 ... Leffler was tops among Moorpark returners in receptions last season with two ... OCC has lost its last three openers after having won five straight from 2005 to 2009.
— Barry Faulkner