OCC Football Preview vs. Golden West

Orange Coast (5-3, 3-1) vs. Golden West (8-0, 4-0)

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

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

Key Rustlers: Fr. QB Adam Vance; So. WR Jordan Veasy; So. WR-PR-KR Quest Truxton; So. DL Justin Stewart.

Breakdown: The Rustlers moved atop the state rankings for the first time all season this week and have won the last five meetings in the West Coast Showdown between Southern Division and district rivals to take a 25-20-2 lead in the series ... The Rustlers are led by their defense, which ranks third in the state in fewest points allowed (15.8 per game) and sixth in the 37-school Southern California Football Assn. in yards allowed per game (315.9), as well as rushing yards allowed per game (97) ... GWC’s 25 interceptions lead the state and are 11 more than OCC’s total ... GWC has 28 sacks (including 10 by Stewart) to rank ninth in the state ... Derick’s 14 TD receptions lead the state and are three shy of the OCC single-season record set by Junior Tagaloa in 1987. Tagaloa, a former longtime assistant at OCC, is the receivers coach at GWC ... Derrick, who has multiple TD catches in six games this season, including the last four, is also 258 receiving yards away from breaking Tagaloa’s OCC season record (1,190) ... Derrick needs 20 receptions to break Mark Munson’s school season record set last year ... Dossey has thrown for 1,708 yards and 14 TDs with just four interceptions, while Vance has 1,933 yards and 16 TDs passing with six interceptions ... GWC’s leading rusher has 213 yards ... GWC has won the last two meetings by a combined margin of 107-14 ... GWC’s Johnny Johnson and Kory Garcia have combined for 10 interceptions, while OCC’s Brandon Worth and Derrick Worthy have nine between them ... GWC is plus-18 in turnover ratio, while OCC is plus 10 ... Cushing has 73 tackles, while sophomore Jake Jiannoni leads GWC with 63.

— Barry Faulkner