CdM Football Preview vs. Tesoro
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Corona del Mar (3-1) vs. Tesoro (3-1)
When/where: Thursday, 7 p.m. at Jim Scott Stadium
Key Sea Kings: Jr. QB Chase Garbers (85 of 128 passing for 863 yards and seven TDs); Sr. WR Peter Bush (23 catches for 281 yards and three TDs); Sr. DB Sutty Barbato (20 tackles); Jr. DE Teddy Barber (18 tackles, three sacks)
Key Titans: Sr. QB Devon Modster (89 of 125 passing for 1,148 yards and eight TDs); Sr. RB Anthony Battista (16 carries for 72 yards and one TD); Sr. WR Carter Jaenichen (27 catches for 306 yards and three TDs); Sr. WR Tylon Freeman (16 catches for 174 yards and one TD)
Breakdown: Corona del Mar, which shares the No. 2 ranking in the CIF Southern Section Southwest Division poll with Villa Park, plays host to Tesoro, ranked No. 3 in the West Valley Division … Tesoro ended CdM’s 30-game winning streak last year, which at the time was the longest active streak in the state … Sea Kings face their third South Coast League opponent in four weeks, blowing out host Dana Hills, 52-14, and losing at El Toro, 13-7 … Titans feature Modster, a dual-threat quarterback who has committed to Arizona … CdM faces a familiar face in Battista, who transferred to Tesoro after his sophomore year with the Sea Kings … Titans have played four ranked opponents, beating the West Valley’s No. 9 team, Edison, 35-16, losing to the Pac-5’s No. 4 team, Mater Dei, 35-14, edging the West Valley’s No. 5 team, Upland, 30-28, and shutting out the Central Division’s No. 8 team, West Covina, 35-0 … Sea Kings have only played one ranked team, Palos Verdes, beating the then-No. 1 Western Division team, 21-7.
— David Carrillo Peñaloza