Week 3 High School Football Preview: Corona del Mar vs. Newport Harbor

When/where: 7 p.m. Friday at Newport Harbor High

Key Sea Kings: Sr. WR-TE TaeVeon Le (19 catches for 368 yards and three TDs); Sr. MLB Clyde Moore (23 tackles, one sack); So. SS-WR John Humphreys (20 tackles, two passes defensed; 11 catches for 225 yards and three TDs)

Key Sailors: Jr. QB Sam Barela (32 of 69 passing for 391 yards, three TDs and one INT); Sr. WR Jake Bashore (13 catches for 215 yards and two TDs); So. LB Chad Koste (22 tackles)

Breakdown: Corona del Mar (2-1), ranked No. 4 in the CIF Southern Section Division 4 poll, is the visiting team in the 56^th edition of the Battle of the Bay rivalry game against Newport Harbor, No. 9 in Division 6 … Newport Harbor is off to its third 0-2 start under coach Jeff Brinkley, who is in his 32^nd year at the school … Sea Kings have won the last four meetings with Newport Harbor … Sailors have never dropped five straight to the Sea Kings … CdM has found its quarterback in Nathaniel Espinoza, who has thrown for 769 yards and six touchdowns, with no interceptions … Newport Harbor holds a 38-17 edge in the series.

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