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Week 10 High School Football Preview: Newport Harbor vs. Huntington Beach

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

Key Sailors: Jr. QB Sam Barela; Sr. WR Jake Bashore; Sr. OL-DL Spencer Blake

Key Oilers: Jr. QB-FS Arick McLawyer (24 of 48 passing for 332 yards, eight TDs and four INTs; 305 rushing yards and five TDs); Jr. WR-CB Jeremiah Flanagan (26 catches for 462 yards and six TDs); Jr. MLB John Gosney (85 tackles, eight sacks)

Breakdown: The Oilers (3-6, 2-2 in league) can likely clinch third place in the Sunset League and earn a berth into the CIF Southern Section Division 7 playoffs with a victory over the Sailors (1-8, 1-3) in the league finale … Huntington Beach came into the week tied with Fountain Valley for third place in league, but the Oilers have the tiebreaker by virtue of their 21-14 win over the Barons on Oct. 13 … Huntington Beach is coming off a 35-0 loss to Los Alamitos in which the Oilers completed just two of 20 passes … Barela threw for three touchdowns and Chad Koste had three rushing scores as Newport Harbor earned its first win of the season last week with a 52-35 victory over Marina … Huntington Beach has not beaten Newport Harbor in league since 2013, which was the year the Oilers also topped the Sailors in the Southwest Division title game at Angel Stadium.

matthew.szabo@latimes.com

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