High School Football Preview: Laguna Beach vs. Boron

Nov. 17, 2016 9:22 PM PT

Laguna Beach (7-4) vs. Boron (8-3)

When/where: 7 p.m., Friday at Laguna Beach High

Key Breakers: Jr. QB-CB Curtis Harrison (137 of 242 passing for 1,763 yards, 20 TDs and eight INTs; 123 carries for 253 yards and seven TDs); Sr. WR-LB Ryan Blaser (40 catches for 569 yards and six TDs); Soph. WR-SS-K-P Sean Nolan (25 catches for 286 yards and three TDs; three INTs); Jr. WR-FS Adam Armstrong (19 catches for 331 yards and four TDs; four INTs)

Key Bobcats: Sr. RB Laron Cherry (243 carries for 1,749 yards and 21 TDs); Sr. RB Emilio Gutierrez (118 carries for 1,140 yards and 18 TDs); Jr. LB-WR Jacob Robertson (117 tackles; 15 catches for 255 yards and three TDs); Sr. OLB-WR Sam Birmingham (five INTs, 38 tackles, two fumble recoveries)

Breakdown: Laguna Beach heads into the quarterfinals of the CIF Southern Section Division 13 playoffs on a five-game winning streak, the program’s best run in four years … Boron, the No. 4 seed, has to travel 2½ hours for the game … Breakers last reached the quarterfinals in 2012, the same year they made the semifinals … Bobcats, the Desert Mountain League champions, are making their second quarterfinal appearance since 2013 … Laguna Beach, the runner-up finisher from the Orange Coast League, won at Duarte, 26-21, in the opening round last week … Boron features two 1,000-yard rushers in Cherry and Gutierrez.

— David Carrillo Peñaloza