Football Preview: Corona del Mar vs. Northwood

Corona del Mar (8-1, 4-0) vs. Northwood (7-2, 3-1)

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

Key Sea Kings: Sr. DE Parker Chase (71 tackles, 17 sacks); So. QB Chase Garbers (55 for 72 passing (76.4%) for 766 yards, 10 TDs and two INTs); Sr. WR Cole Collins (38 catches, 500 yards, six TDs); Sr. WR Bo St. Geme (35 catches, 536 yards, five TDs.

Key Timberwolves: Sr. QB Brian Abel (1,097 yards, seven TDs passing; 343 yards, three TDs rushing); Jr. RB Liam Akiva (340 yards, two TDs rushing); Jr. WR Andy Clyde (39 catches, 522 yards, six TDs receiving); Sr. WR Sam Aguilar (37 catches, 430 yards, three TDs passing).

Breakdown: The Sea Kings, ranked No. 1 in the CIF Southern Section Southwest Division, have won four in a row ... CdM, which has clinched at least a share of the Pacific Coast League title and will claim the crown outright with a victory, has won 14 straight PCL games and 16 straight against PCL opponents, including playoffs ... Parker’s 17 sacks this year are one more than he had as a junior and give him an eye-popping 33.5 in his varsity career ... The CdM front four, AKA the Chase Pack, have 34.5 sacks among the starters, including senior tackles Justin Hess (6.5), and Mat Flores (5.5) as well as senior end Harrison Carter (5.5) ... The Sea Kings have outscored PCL rivals, 132-23, in four games this season ... 14 of the Sea Kings’ 22 rushing touchdowns have been scored by quarterbacks (Garbers and junior Peter Bush have seven apiece) ... CdM is allowing just 9.2 points per game and is scoring 31.1 per contest ... Northwood would earn a portion of the title with a victory, and a T-wolves triumph, as well as a Woodbridge win over Beckman Friday, would mean a three-way tie for the title ... Woodbridge defeated Northwood, 24-7, on Oct. 24, while CdM topped Woodbridge, 41-3, on Oct. 17 ... CdM has won the last three meetings with Northwood after a 29-29 tie in 2010. Northwood leads the series, 5-4-1.

— Barry Faulkner