Junior College Football Preview: Golden West vs. Long Beach

Golden West (1-3) vs. Long Beach (3-1)

When/where: Saturday 6 pm. at Veteran’s Stadium

Key Rustlers: So. QB Adam Vance; Fr. SS Manase Time; Fr. LB Hunter Margain; So. CB Kory Garcia.

Key Vikings: Fr. QB Jake Maier; So. WR Jacob Welch; So. WR Jaylen Watson; Fr. LB Manu Tui-Enesi.

Breakdown: The Vikings are ranked No. 5 in the state and No. 4 in Southern California…The Rustlers, on a three-game losing streak, are No. 15 in the Southern California National Division…Time was Southern Conference Defensive Player of the Week last week with 11 tackles, nine solo, and two sacks against Cerritos…Vance, once thought lost for the season with an elbow injury, made his first start since the opener last week…The Rustlers rank No. 3 in the 37-team Southern California Football Assn. in scoring defense (12.8 per game) and rank No. 7 in the SCFA in yards allowed per contest (287)…Long Beach is the SCFA leader in total offense (537 yards per game) and passing yards (1,573), and is No. 14 in yards allowed per game (325)…Watson had nine receptions for 194 yards and four touchdowns in a 41-14 win over Canyons to share Offensive Player of the Week honors in the Central Conference…Maier’s 15 TD passes are tied for the state lead and his 351.8 passing yards per game rank No. 3 in the state…Maier has thrown just one interception in 148 attempts…Rustlers passers have thrown just one interception in 115 attempts…Golden West is plus-four in turnover ratio, while Long Beach is plus-three…Long Beach ranks No. 33 in the SCFA in penalty yards per game (141), nearly double Golden West’s 75.8 per contest…Golden West had just one penalty (holding on a kickoff return) last week.