JC Football Preview: Orange Coast vs. Grossmont

Orange Coast (2-7, 1-4) vs. Grossmont (4-5, 2-3)

When/where: Saturday, 1 p.m. at Grossmont

Key Pirates: So. WR Mark Munson (66 catches, 973 yards, eight TDs receiving); Fr. QB Kody Whitaker (1,937 yards, 14 TDs passing); So. OLB Paul Swanson (66 tackles); So. DT Re’Shon Howard (64 tackles).

Key Griffins: Fr. QB Michael Carrillo (1,975 yards, nine TDs passing); Fr. RB Thomas McDonald (622 yards, three TDs rushing, 284 yards, two TDs receiving); Fr. DB Airric Parker (48 tackles, three INTs).

Breakdown: The Pirates conclude their season with a Southern Division clash, attempting to break a six-game losing streak to the Griffins ... Grossmont won last season’s matchup, 77-19, giving the Griffins a 270-127 scoring edge during the streak ... Munson broke the school single-season receptions record in last week’s loss to Golden West. He needs 281 yards to break the single-season receiving yardage record set by Junior Tagaloa in 1987 ... With 137 passing yards, Whitaker would move into the No. 3 spot in school single-season passing yardage annals. With 522 passing yards, he would be No. 2 on the list ... Despite making only his seventh start in 10 games, Whitaker is No. 3 on the school single-season list with 161 completions. He needs 13 to pass Keith Jarrett (1987) and 31 to pass Jarod Flint (1999) ... OCC has 1,007 rushing yards as a team this season, while Grossmont has just 844 ...OCC ranks No. 6 in among 37 Southern California schools in passing yards per game (.278.4), three spots ahead of Grossmont (268.6) ... OCC ranks No. 29 in SoCal in passing yards allowed per game and No. 30 in rushing yards surrendered ... A win would give OCC three straight 3-7 seasons ... OCC leads the series, 14-9-1.

— Barry Faulkner