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Estancia (6-3, 3-1) vs. Calvary Chapel (3-6, 0-4)

When/where: Friday, 7 p.m. at Jim Scott Stadium

Key Estancia players: Sr. RB Robert Murtha (1,097 yards rushing and 11 TDs on 174 carries); Sr. WR/KR/DB Ben Beck (three combined kickoff/punt returns for TDs, 303 yards receiving and three TDs); Sr. CB/WR Levi Stillman (team-high six INTs); Sr. LB Colby Koste (team-high 103 tackles).

Key Calvary Chapel players: Sr. QB Colin Kearon; Jr. RB Isaac Acosta-Marines; Jr. WR Luke Kaeser.

Breakdown: Following Laguna Beach’s victory over Costa Mesa on Thursday night, Estancia is locked into a second-place finish in the Orange Coast League ... Godinez is also 3-2 in league. But even if Estancia loses to Calvary Chapel, Estancia owns the tiebreaker over Godinez due to the head-to-head result, so Estancia would earn the OCL’s second CIF berth and Godinez the third ... Estancia clinched a CIF Southern Section Southern Division playoff berth following last week’s 40-7 victory over Saddleback ... Murtha, the Newport-Mesa all-time leading rusher, needs just eight yards for 5,000 in his career ... Estancia has won its last three meetings with Calvary Chapel, including a 40-0 shutout victory last year.

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— Matt Szabo

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