BOTB Football Preview: CdM at Newport Harbor

Corona del Mar (3-0) vs. Newport Harbor (1-1)

When/where: Friday, 7:30 p.m. at Davidson Field

Key Sea Kings: Jr. QB Peter Bush (39 of 65 passing for 504 yards, four TDs and two INTs, 35 carries for 164 yards and four TDs); Sr. DE Parker Chase (five sacks, 19 tackles); Sr. WR Bo St. Geme (17 catches for 299 yards and four TDs); Sr. CB Brett Greenlee (one INT, one blocked FG)

Key Sailors: Sr. QB Cole Norris (35 of 51 passing for 470 yards, seven TDs and one INT); Sr. OLB-WR Riley Gaddis (six catches for 173 yards and four TDs); Sr. WR-LB Keaton Cablay (15 catches for 182 yards and three TDs); Sr. RB-S Chance Siemonsma (21 carries for 144 yards and one TD)

Breakdown: Back Bay rivals Corona del Mar and Newport Harbor meet for the 53rd time … Sailors lead the series, 38-14 … Sea Kings won last year’s game, 34-14, at Orange Coast College … Newport Harbor is the home team in the Battle of the Bay … CdM will be without standout tailback Cole Martin for three to four weeks after he suffered a right sprained knee in a 31-14 win against El Toro last week … Sailors struggled stopping Martin last year, as Martin rushed 31 times for 195 yards and two touchdowns … Sea Kings, ranked No. 1 in the CIF Southern Section Southwest Division poll, turn to sophomore running back Jaydin Moses, who will make is first varsity start … Newport Harbor looks to end CdM’s 29-game winning streak, which is currently the best in the state … Sea Kings have only three wins against Newport Harbor in 20 years, coming in 2013, 2006 and 1998 … Norris is 473 yards away from surpassing Newport Harbor’s all-time passing yards mark of 5,364 … CdM has only lost four games since Scott Meyer became coach in 2011, half those setbacks have come against the Sailors … Jeff Brinkley, in his 29th season at the helm of the Sailors, is one win away from his 230th at Newport Harbor … Sea Kings last beat Newport Harbor in consecutive years during the 1985-88 seasons … Meyer and Brinkley have each led their programs to three CIF Southern Section titles, Meyer in the Southern Division the last three years and Brinkley in Division V in 1994 and Division VI in 1999 and 2005.

— David Carrillo Peñaloza