Sage Hill Football Preview vs. St. Margaret’s

Sage Hill (1-6, 0-1) vs. St. Margaret’s (5-1, 0-0)

When/where: Friday,7 p.m. at St. Margaret’s

Key Lightning: Sr. LB-OG Alfonso Corona; Sr. DE-C Barry Valdez; Sr. TB-DE DJ Henry; Jr. QB Caden Sheetz.

Key Tartans: Sr. WR-RB Nick Shanks; Jr. QB George Krantz; Jr. WR Auston Locke; Jr. MLB-FB Nick Amoukhteh.

Breakdown: The Tartans, coming off a CIF East Valley Division title in 2014, opened the season with five wins, before falling, 43-40, last week to Napa-based Justin Siena ... The Tartans fell from No. 1 to No. 4 in the East Valley Division rankings and open Academy League play with a 36-game league winning streak that dates back to 2004 ... Sage Hill, which opened league last week, has lost five straight and 10 of its last 11 ... The Lightning are 0-13 all-time against St. Margaret’s and have been outscored, 394-36, in the last eight meetings ... Overall, St. Margaret’s has defeated Sage by an average margin of 48.1 to 5.5, and Sage has scored more than one touchdown against the Tartans only twice ... Corona leads the Lightning with 50 tackles, while Sheetz has thrown for 1,175 yards and six touchdowns ... Krantz has thrown for 1,457 yards and 20 touchdowns, while Locke has 10 receiving TDs and Shanks has scored 14 touchdowns ... Sage Hill has not won a league game since 2013.

— Barry Faulkner