High School Football Preview: Newport Harbor vs. Marina

Oct. 27, 2016 10:31 PM PT

Newport Harbor (4-4, 2-1) vs. Marina (3-5, 0-3)

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

Key Sailors: Sr. RB Cole Kinder; Sr. MLB Gage Roberson; Sr. LT Mike Jarboe; Sr. WR Levi Hooper.

Key Vikings: Sr. WR Noah Holmes; Sr. ILB Trevor Klasson; Jr. QB Ian Green; Sr. RB Blaine Riederich.

Breakdown: With a win and a Huntington Beach loss to Los Alamitos on Friday, Newport Harbor would clinch a CIF Southern Section Division 6 playoff berth…The Sailors have defeated Marina 15 straight seasons and in the 21 consecutive years they have played, Newport Harbor is 19-1-1…Newport Harbor has won two straight games for the second time this season…Marina, which has lost five straight, has lost 59 straight Sunset League games, dating back to 2004…Kinder broke the school career rushing record last week and now has 1,390 yards this season and 3,579 for his career. Kinder has scored 20 touchdowns this season…Holmes has 40 receptions for 724 yards and 11 touchdowns…Klasson leads the Vikings with 72 tackles…A Marina win would give it four victories in a season for the first time since 2001…The Tars’ 299 points lead all Sunset League teams.

Barry Faulkner

Barry Faulkner is an award-winning writer who covered sports for Times Community News from 1986 until he left TCN in 2017. He was the assistant sports editor; covered UC Irvine, Vanguard University and Orange Coast College; and wrote a periodic column. He became sports editor of the Huntington Beach Independent in 1986, and a full-time Daily Pilot sportswriter in 1990.