OCEANSIDE — El Camino walked into the locker room at Herb Meyer Stadium on Friday night down 19-0 to Grossmont at halftime of its Division II section playoff opener in what appeared to be a merciful ending to a difficult regular season.
The Wildcats had lost their first eight games, won just once and been outscored by more than 200 points.
“Can we eliminate the mental errors on penalties, and can we play as a team and as a unit for four quarters?” first-year El Camino coach Stefan McClure said Monday morning after the Wildcats rallied for a 29-26 win…