High School Football Preview: Corona del Mar vs. Irvine

Corona del Mar (8-1, 4-0) vs. Irvine (2-6-1, 1-3)

When/where: Thursday, 7 p.m. at Irvine High

Key Sea Kings: Sr. QB Chase Garbers (166 of 232 passing for 2,468 yards, 33 TDs, two INTs); Jr. WR TaeVeon Le (52 catches for 869 yards, 16 TDs); Sr. WR Billy Shaw (36 catches for 608 yards, seven TDs); Sr. DL Bryce Clabaugh (50 tackles, team-best 9.5 sacks).

Key Vaqueros: Soph. QB Robert Rahimi (40 of 84 passing for 440 yards, two TDs, four INTs); Sr. RB/SS Brent Miller (96 carries for 353 yards, five TDs); Jr. LB Zeke Alleman (team-best 68 tackles).

Breakdown: Corona del Mar can clinch its fifth straight outright Pacific Coast League title with a win against Irvine in the league finale ... ... CdM, ranked No. 3 in CIF Southern Section Division 4, has won 24 straight league games ... Garbers’ 33 touchdown passes tie his CdM single-season mark that he set last season ... The Sea Kings have won eight straight games since their 42-20 loss at Palos Verdes to open the season ... CdM has put up seven straight games of 40 or more points scored, including last week’s 45-7 win over Northwood ... Irvine is coming off a 13-8 loss at University and is in a three-way tie for fourth place in the league with Woodbridge and Northwood ... Vaqueros are eliminated from postseason contention.

— Matt Szabo