High School Football Preview: Corona del Mar vs. Northwood
Corona del Mar (7-1, 3-0) vs. Northwood (1-7, 1-2)
When/where: Friday, 7 p.m. at Irvine High
Key Sea Kings: Sr. QB Chase Garbers (146 of 207 passing for 2,204 yards, 29 TDs, two INTs); Jr. WR TaeVeon Le (48 catches for 806 yards, 14 TDs); Sr. WR Billy Shaw (32 catches for 526 yards, seven TDs); Sr. DL Bryce Clabaugh (48 tackles, team-best 9.5 sacks).
Key Timberwolves: Sr. QB Brandon Johnson (66 of 140 passing for 927 yards, six TDs, six INTs; five rushing TDs); Sr. WR Michael Bellas (29 catches for 543 yards, three TDs); Jr. RB/LB Jason Pontillas (36 carries for 254 yards, three TDs).
Breakdown: Corona del Mar can clinch at least a share of its fifth straight outright Pacific Coast League title with a win against Northwood Friday night ... Sea Kings would clinch the title outright with a win and a Beckman loss to Woodbridge ... CdM, ranked No. 4 in CIF Southern Section Division 4, has won 23 straight league games and will be favored to keep the streak going against Northwood, which has been competitive in many of its losses but is still 1-7 ... Timberwolves are led by first-year head coach Phil Roh, formerly the team’s offensive coordinator ... Garbers is within four touchdown passes of tying his own CdM single-season record of 33 touchdowns from last season ... He has thrown at least five touchdown passes in four of the Sea Kings’ last five games.
