Golden West Football Preview

Golden West (1-2) vs. Cerritos (1-2)

When/where: Saturday 6 p.m. at Orange Coast College

Key Rustlers: Fr. RB Gabe Ford; Fr. WR Sheldon White; Fr. S Manase Time; So. LB Trevin Kahunaui.

Key Falcons: So. RB Kishawn Holmes; So. QB Nick Mitchell; So. LB Alex Bush; So. LB Daniel Moore.

Breakdown: Golden West, ranked No. 11 in the National Division, is coming off two straight losses to strong teams…Cerritos, ranked No. 14 in the National Division, earned its first win of the season last week, topping Palomar, 22-17…Ford has 222 rushing yards and one rushing touchdown, and has 11 receptions for 67 yards…White has 13 catches for 184 yards and two TDs…Time has 20 tackles and Kanunanui has 18…Cerritos has just two passing TDs this season and four rushing TDs…The Falcons’ leading receiver (Landon Jones) has just seven catches…Bush has 32 tackles and 2.5 sacks, while Moore has 25 tackles…Golden West has not thrown an interceptions this season and Cerritos has not intercepted a pass…The Rustlers are plus-four in turnover ratio, while Cerritos is minus-three…Golden West ranks third in the 37-school Southern California Football Assn. in scoring defense (14.7 ppg), No. 5 in rushing defense (90.7 ypg) and No. 6 in total defense (276.7 ypg)…Cerritos ranks No. 8 in passing defense (155.3 ypg) and No. 12 in total defense (310 ypg).

— Barry Faulkner

— Barry Faulkner