Football Preview: Newport Harbor vs. Marina

Newport Harbor (3-5, 1-2) vs. Marina (0-8, 0-3)

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

Key Sailors: Sr. QB Cole Norris (155 of 249 passing for 1,967 yards, 24 TDs and seven INTs); Sr. WR-LB Keaton Cablay (61 catches for 804 yards and 12 TDs); Sr. DE-TE Brett Beaudette (10 sacks); Sr. LB-RB-WR Riley Gaddis (30 catches for 519 yards and seven TDs)

Key Vikings: Sr. QB Nolan Winks; Sr. WR-RB Justin Hardy; Jr. WR Javier Sanchez; Jr. LB Max Melfi

Breakdown: Newport Harbor begins the first of two must-win situations if it plans to qualify for the CIF Southern Section West Valley Division playoffs … Marina has dropped 49 straight Sunset League games, the worst league losing streak in Orange County history … Sailors are in a third-place tie with Huntington Beach and Fountain Valley, teams that face Los Alamitos (3-0 in league) and Edison (3-0), respectively, on Friday … Vikings have been outscored, 374-73, this season … Newport Harbor has allowed 158 points in three league contests … Marina has lost its last 13 meetings to Newport Harbor, eight of those in league play … Sailors last missed the postseason in 2008, only the sixth time that has happened under Jeff Brinkley, who became the coach at Newport Harbor in 1986 … Vikings are coached by Jeff Turley, who’s in his first season at Marina after spending 13 years as the defensive coordinator at Long Beach Poly.

— David Carrillo Peñaloza