Estancia Football Preview vs. Irvine
Estancia (1-1) vs. Irvine (1-1)
When/where: Friday, 7 p.m. at Irvine High
Key Eagles: Sr. QB Connor Brown (21 of 37 passing for 460 yards, three TDs and two INTs); Jr. RB Jordan Balcazar (38 carries for 130 yards and one TD); Sr. TE Konrad O’Daly (eight catches for 220 yards and three TDs); So. LB Hunter Mensinger (23 tackles)
Key Vaqueros: Sr. QB Joseph Carter (25 of 46 passing for 326 yards, four TDs and two INTs); Jr. RB Brent Miller (31 carries for 129 yards and two TDs); Sr. WR Jonathan Garcia (six catches for 68 yards and one TD); Sr. DB Curtis Jackson (18 tackles)
Breakdown: Estancia plays the first of two straight nonleague games against Pacific Coast League teams … Irvine is coming off its first win, a 44-24 result against Lake Arrowhead Rim of the World … Eagles, who have lost seven in a row to Irvine, last beat the Vaqueros in 1980 … Vaqueros have made the CIF Southern Section playoffs the past two years, reaching the Southern Division semifinals in 2013 … Estancia is 3-22 against teams from the Pacific Coast League since 2001 … Irvine is 11-0 all-time against Orange Coast League teams … Eagles dropped out of the Southern Division top 10 poll with a 38-8 loss to Pacifica last week.
— David Carrillo Peñaloza