Newport Harbor Football Preview

Newport Harbor (3-4, 1-1 in league) vs. Los Alamitos (5-2, 1-1)

When/where: Friday night, 7 at Newport Harbor High

Key Sailors: Sr. RB-S Titus Hasson (506 yards and six TDs on 109 carries); Jr. WR-CB Landon Gyulay (28 catches for 409 yards and four TDs); Sr. DE Dalton Jensen

Key Griffins: Sr. QB Dylan Lagarde (1,014 yards, 18 TDs and four INTs on 60-of-98 passing); Sr. RB Cody Paul (838 yards and 11 TDs on 105 carries); Sr. WR Kyle Roberts (26 catches for 445 yards and 10 TDs)

Breakdown: Newport Harbor shares second place in the Sunset League with Los Alamitos … The winner gets closer to clinching one of the league’s three guaranteed berths in the CIF Southern Section Pac-5 Division playoffs … The Griffins, the defending league champions, defeated Newport Harbor, 30-0, last year … The Sailors are 3-2 against Los Alamitos since returning to the Sunset League in 2006 … Los Alamitos Coach John Barnes has 288 wins and Newport Harbor Coach Jeff Brinkley has 211 wins, both rank No. 1 and No. 8, respectively, in Orange County.

— David Carrillo Peñaloza