OCC Football Preview vs. Cerritos

Orange Coast (0-1) vs. Cerritos (1-0)

When/where: Saturday, 1 p.m. at Orange Coast

Key Pirates: So. RB Daniel Rodriguez; So. QB Mason Dossey; So. QB Kody Whitaker; So. CB Brandon Worthy.

Key Falcons: So. QB Jimmy Walker; So. WR De’Jai Whitaker; So. WR Dashawn Gordon; So. LB Michael Hannifin.

Breakdown: The Pirates were beaten, 41-16, at Chaffey in their season opener that included a disappointing performance in all facets ... The Falcons held off Saddleback, 26-20, in their opener and are ranked No. 6 in the state ... OCC’s dueling sophomore quarterbacks did not separate themselves from one another against Chaffey. Whitaker started and completed eight of 18 for 53 yards and one interception. Dossey was 10 for 19 for 82 yards with one interception and OCC ranks No. 31 among 37 Southern California Football Assn. schools in passing yards per game ... Rodriguez had 80 yards on 20 carries to lead OCC’s running game last week ... Worthy had a team-best 10 tackles and returned an interception 87 yards for a touchdown against Chaffey ... Walker threw for 280 yards and three TDs against Saddleback, completing 19 of 34 passes with one interception ...A loss would give OCC back-to-back 0-2 starts for the first time since 1994-95 ... Cerritos ranks No. 9 in the SCFA in passing yards per game ... This is the Pirates first game on their newly installed artificial playing surface ... Cerritos’ leading rusher is Jason Floyd who has 49 yards on 11 carries.

— Barry Faulkner