Football Preview: Costa Mesa vs. Katella

Costa Mesa (0-2) vs. Katella (0-1)

When/where: Thursday, 7 p.m. at Glover Stadium in Anaheim

Key Mustangs: Jr. RB-LB Mason Mataafa (57 carries for 190 yards and two TDs); So. S Jamil Douglas; Jr. QB-LB Sammy Swanson (four of 11 passing for 29 yards; one INT)

Key Knights: So. RB Fred Macias (33 carries for 175 yards and one TD); Sr. QB Ricardo Armenta (14 carries for 117 yards and one TD; four of 15 passing for 66 yards and two INTs); Sr. DB Juan Madrigal (one INT)

Breakdown: Costa Mesa looks to avoid its first 0-3 start since 2010 … Katella is coming off a 28-27 setback to Western … Mustangs lost to Katella twice last season, 21-16 in the third game of the season and 35-21 in the opening round of the CIF Southern Section Southern Division playoffs … Knights have reached the quarterfinals in each of the past two seasons … Costa Mesa is sputtering on offense, averaging 9.5 points per game, a 26-point drop off from last season’s average … Katella is 12-3 in games played at Glover Stadium since 2012 … Mustangs have dropped three straight to Katella, their last win against the Knights came in Coach Wally Grant’s debut season in 2011 … Katella is 10-1-1 all-time against Costa Mesa … Mustangs played their first overtime game in four years last week, losing to Santiago, 16-13.

— David Carrillo Peñaloza