Efficient Eli MacNeal has Carlsbad on doorstep of Open Division championship

Efficient Eli MacNeal has Carlsbad on doorstep of Open Division championship

CARLSBAD — For two years, Eli MacNeal stood on the Carlsbad High School football sidelines and watched Julian Sayin carve up opposing defenses. Sayin has moved on to Ohio State and is eating up college defenses as a Heisman Trophy candidate. “Julian was great to me,” MacNeal said. “I learned so much from him. We still talk.” MacNeal, the son of Carlsbad coach Thadd MacNeal, learned his lessons well. Eli will be the Lancers’ starting quarterback …