San Diego U-T Preps

No. 1 PIRATES at No. 2 GRIZZLIES

Records: Oceanside, 3-1; Mission Hills, 4-0

Friday: 7 p.m. at Mission Hills High

On the air: Live on 1700-AM. Midnight today; 9 a.m. Saturday and Sunday; 11 p.m. Tuesday on Time Warner Channels 411 and HD 825

HISTORY OF THE MATCHUP

2007: Oceanside 26, Mission Hills 7 (San Diego Section Division II title game)

2009: Oceanside 28, Mission Hills 7

2010: Oceanside 48, Mission Hills 28

2010: Oceanside 47, Mission Hills 10 (Division II title game)

2011: Oceanside 10, Mission Hills 10

2012: Oceanside 26, Mission Hills 17

Oceanside has outscored Mission Hills 185-79.

Since the first meeting between Oceanside and Mission Hills in 2007, Oceanside is 74-8-2 (.893) and Mission Hills is 58-19-2 (.747).

BIG GAMES

Some of the most-anticipated local high school football games of the past:

1954 — San Diego 7, Hoover 0

No. 2-ranked San Diego upsets No. 1 Hoover before 15,000 in Balboa Stadium.

1961 — Helix 28, Grossmont 27

Last game of regular season with one loss between the teams.

1966 — University 30, St. Augustine 7

University scores major upset in Holy Bowl I.

1967 — Orange Glen 14, Escondido 7

First meeting between crosstown rivals draws more than 12,000 at Escondido.

1969 — Castle Park 24, Morse 0

Opening game of season after Morse won City title and Castle Park won County championship in ’68.

1969 — Escondido 21, San Diego 21

First championship game in stadium ends in a disappointing tie.

1976 — El Camino 39, Kearny 28

First-year school El Camino sends legendary coach Birt Slater out on a losing note.

1977 — Lincoln 34, Kearny 6

Marcus Allen scores five TDs in Class 2A title game.

1989 — Rancho Buena Vista 56, Point Loma 36

Longhorns rush for more than 600 yards in Class 3A semifinals and avenge regular-season loss.

1996 — Vista 21, Morse 16

Division I title game is delayed by rain and moved from the stadium to Southwestern College. Vista upsets nationally ranked Tigers.

2005 — Oceanside 31, El Cajon Valley 21

Upstart Braves with record-setting QB Abraham Muheize lose in Division II title game.