Newport Harbor vs. Los Alamitos

When: Tonight, 7

Where: Gahr High in Cerritos

Key Sailors: Sr. WR-CB JB Green (45 catches for 657 yards and seven touchdowns); Sr. DE Scott Ward; Jr. WR-LB Cecil Whiteside (28 catches for 356 yards and five TDs).

Key Griffins: Sr. QB Clark Evans (119 for 199 passing for 1,827 yards with 25 TDs and six interceptions, 137 carries for 684 yards and 10 TDs); JR. WR Paul Richardson (39 catches for 702 yards and 13 TDs); Sr. WR Darryl Jenkins (42 catches for 745 yards and eight TDs).

Breakdown: Newport Harbor (6-3, 2-2 in the Sunset League), which has won two straight league games, closes out the regular season in a must-win situation if it wants a chance to return to the CIF Southern Section Pac-5 Division playoffs … Los Alamitos (8-1, 3-1), which is tied atop the league with Edison, can wrap up at least a share of the league title with a victory. If the Sailors win, they’ll need Edison to beat Esperanza to receive one of the league’s three automatic playoff berths. Los Alamitos might be left out of the playoffs because of losses to Newport Harbor and Fountain Valley, the latter of which should beat Marina tonight … Newport beat the Griffins, 31-27, last year.

— David Carrillo Peñaloza