Sage Hill Football Preview vs. Bassett
Sage Hill (1-8) vs. La Puente Bassett (6-3)
When/where: Friday, 7 p.m. at Sage Hill
Key Lightning: Jr. QB Caden Sheetz; Sr. WR David Dewey; Sr. RB DJ Henry
Key Olympians: Jr. QB Marcus Ruiz; Soph. RB Angel Reyes; Sr. WR Brian Navarro
Breakdown: Sage Hill wraps up the regular season with a nonleague game against Bassett, the runner-up finisher from the Miramonte League … Sage Hill went winless in the Academy League for the third time in four years … Lightning Coach Abram Booty told his team after it suffered a 49-7 loss to Brethren Christian in last week’s league finale that he scheduled Bassett as Sage Hill’s homecoming game because he believes it’s a winnable game … Bassett is averaging 36.3 points per game, while Sage Hill is allowing 38.5 points per game … Sage Hill is on a seven-game losing streak, its longest since dropping 13 in a row from 2011-13 … Olympians qualified for the CIF Southern Section Mid-Valley Division playoffs for the second straight year.
— David Carrillo Peñaloza