No. 6 Santa Margarita (4-1) vs. Newport...

No. 6 Santa Margarita (4-1) vs. Newport Harbor (5-0)

7:30 P.M. FRIDAY

NEWPORT HARBOR HIGH SCHOOL

Newport Harbor’s average margin of victory is 34 points, but Santa Margarita (averaging 31 points) is clearly a step up in competition as Sea View League play begins. This game takes on added significance since the Sailors face El Toro and Santa Margarita plays Irvine next week. Newport Harbor’s Ray Ohrel is averaging 9.1 yards per carry and is Orange County’s sixth-leading rusher, but Santa Margarita’s Billy Newman is No. 2 in the county and averaging 8.7. Newport Harbor’s Josiah Fredricksen is the county’s fourth-rated quarterback, but Carson Palmer is No. 7. Get the idea?

Key Players

Santa Margarita

QB Carson Palmer

54.8%, 10 TDs, 3 int.

RB Billy Newman

929 yds., 7 TDs

WR John Minardi

17 rec., 23.9 avg.

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Newport Harbor

QB Josiah Fredricksen

66.2%, 10 TDs, 2 int.

RB Ray Ohrel

777 yds, 14 TDs

TE Danny Pulido

25 rec., 12.0 avg.