OCC Football Preview vs. Palomar

Orange Coast (3-2, 1-0) vs. Palomar (3-3, 1-1)

When/where: Saturday, 6 p.m. at OCC

Key Pirates: So. MLB Mark Cushing; So. QB Mason Dossey; So. WR Stefan Derrick; Fr. S Brandon Worthy.

Key Comets: So. QB Austin Early; So. RB Daviante Sayles; So. WR Wayne Ganan; Fr. S Brad Dozier.

Breakdown: The Pirates are attempting to post their first four-game winning streak since 2009 in a battle of Southern Conference rivals ... Cushing, who had 16 tackles in last week’s 35-7 win at Los Angeles Pierce, is averaging 11.2 per game to rank second in the 37-school Southern California Football Assn. ... Cushing has 41 tackles during the three-game winning streak ... Derrick, who has 28 receptions for 553 yards and eight touchdowns, shares the SCAF lead and ranks atop the conference in touchdown catches ... Dossey has completed 80 of 127 passes for 1,091 yards and nine TDs ... OCC ranks No. 9 in the SCFA in scoring defense (26 per game), while Palomar is No. 11 at 23.3 per contest ... Palomar ranks third in SoCal in fewest rushing yards allowed (83.3 per game) ... A win for the Pirates would give them at least four in a season for only the second time since 2009 ... Palomar freshman Reggie Wilson has seven field goals this season ... Worthy, who had two interceptions at Pierce, has four in 2015 ... Early has thrown for 672 yards and five touchdowns on 94 attempts without an interceptions this season ... Palomar lost to Moorpark, 24-14, last week, while OCC thumped Moorpark, 38-8, on Sept. 19 ... Palomar leads the series, 18-11.

— Barry Faulkner