Week 2 High School Football Preview: Fountain Valley vs. Trabuco Hills

When/where: 7 p.m. Friday at Huntington Beach High

Key Barons: Sr. QB Nick Welch (29 of 43 passing for 489 yards and six TDs; 21 carries for 155 yards and two TDs); Jr. WR-DB Kishaun Sykes (three carries for 24 yards and one TD; one catch or 48 yards); Sr. L-DE Nathaniel Wight

Key Mustangs: So. QB Logan Fife (26 of 40 passing for 413 yards, four TDs and one INT; 24 carries for 137 yards and two TDs); Sr. WR-RB Xavier Moore (11 catches for 140 yards and one touchdown; 10 carries for 78 yards)

Breakdown: Fountain Valley (2-0), ranked No. 9 in the CIF Southern Section Division 6 poll, has a chance to improve to 3-0 for the first time since 2009 with a win at home … Trabuco Hills is coming off a 24-17 win at home against Fullerton … Barons are expected to have the services of all-around threat Kishaun Sykes (ankle) and receiver Brandon Krause (knee), but defensive end Max Hanson (collarbone) is out, said coach Jimmy Nolan … Mustangs (1-1) are playing their first road game of the year … Fountain Valley has outscored the opposition 86-2 … Trabuco Hills has won five of the last six meetings with the Barons.

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