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Football Preview: Newport Harbor vs. Edison

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Newport Harbor (3-4, 1-1) vs. Edison (5-2, 2-0)

When/where: Friday, 7 p.m. at Huntington Beach High

Key Sailors: Sr. QB Cole Norris (143 of 223 passing for 1,811 yards, 23 TDs and five INTs; Sr. WR-LB Keaton Cablay (58 catches for 764 yards and 11 TDs); Sr. LB-RB-WR Riley Gaddis (27 catches for 489 yards and seven TDs); Sr. DE-TE Brett Beaudette

Key Chargers: Jr. RB Jacob Marines (70 carries for 378 yards and three TDs); Sr. WR Jake Favreau (21 catches for 368 yards and seven TDs); Sr. DE Manase Times (39 tackles, four sacks); Jr. QB Grant Lowary (33 of 57 passing for 515 yards, seven TDs and one INT)

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Breakdown: Newport Harbor goes up against the defending Sunset League champion … Edison, ranked No. 5 in the CIF Southern Section West Valley Division poll, has defeated the Sailors in nine straight meetings … Sailors last beat Edison in 1979 … Chargers have won 25 of their last 27 league contests … Newport Harbor has allowed 110 points in its two league contest this year … Edison is averaging 37.1 points per game … Sailors are giving up 36.5 points per game … Dave White, a Newport Beach resident, has been in charge of the Chargers since 1986, posting a 216-11-3 record … Jeff Brinkley has been at the helm of Newport Harbor since 1986, going 231-109-3 … Edison’s two losses came against Mater Dei (34-12) and Servite (42-21), which are currently ranked No. 2 and No. 8, respectively, in the Pac-5 Division … Newport Harbor, a Southwest Division finalist last year, can still qualify for the playoffs with a loss, if it wins its final two league games, at home against Marina (Oct. 31) and on the road against Fountain Valley (Nov. 7).

— David Carrillo Peñaloza

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