High School Football Preview: Laguna Beach vs. Duarte

Laguna Beach (6-4) vs. Duarte (7-3)

When/where: Friday, 7:30 p.m. at Duarte High

Key Breakers: Jr. QB-CB Curtis Harrison (122 of 215 passing for 1,604 yards, 18 TDs and eight INTs; 111 carries for 215 yards and seven TDs); Sr. WR-LB Ryan Blaser (37 catches for 530 yards and six TDs); Soph. WR-SS-K-P Sean Nolan (23 catches for 271 yards and two TDs; three INTs; six FGs); Jr. WR-FS Adam Armstrong (17 catches for 325 yards and four TDs; four INTs)

Key Falcons: Jr. QB Devon Hemsley (82 of 167 passing for 1,637 yards, 13 TDs and 10 INTs); Sr. RB Lorenzo Rios (145 carries for 814 yards and seven TDs); Sr. DT Alvaro Conchas (91 tackles, 3.5 sacks)

Breakdown: Laguna Beach travels to Duarte for the first round of the CIF Southern Section Division 13 playoffs … Duarte won the Montview League title, a year after it finished last … Breakers, the runner-up finisher from the Orange Coast League, are making their first postseason appearance since 2012, when they reached the Southern Division semifinals ... Falcons scrimmaged the Breakers at home on Aug. 19 … Laguna Beach has won four straight games, averaging six touchdowns per game during the stretch … Duarte, which is averaging 27.1 points per game, is in the playoffs for the first time in three years.

— David Carrillo Peñaloza