Week Zero High School Football Preview: Corona del Mar vs. JSerra
When/where: 7 p.m. Friday, at Newport Harbor High
Key Sea Kings: Sr. WR-TE TaeVeon Le; Sr. MLB Clyde Moore; So. SS-WR John Humphreys; Sr. RB J.T. Murphy
Key Lions: Sr. QB Matt Robinson; Sr. DE Abdul-Malik McClain; Jr. WR-KR Munir McClain; Sr. OL Jake Parks
Breakdown: Corona del Mar, ranked No. 3 in the CIF Southern Section Division 4 preseason poll, opens the season at home against JSerra, No. 7 in Division 1 … Sea Kings are facing a Trinity League team for the first time, making it their toughest game of the regular season … Lions have a first-team All-Trinity League starting quarterback in Robinson, while CdM is looking for someone to replace Chase Garbers, who led the Sea Kings to the Division 4 finals last year and is now a freshman at Cal … Sea Kings coach Dan O’Shea said he plans to use three quarterbacks, seniors Nathaniel Espinoza and Erik Zimmerman, and sophomore Ethan Garbers … JSerra will have talented transfers, the McClain brothers, Abdul-Malik is committed to UCLA, and running back Al Fisher available … Sea Kings are going to use Le, a standout receiver last year, at tight end … Lions have a new head coach in Pat Harlow, and CdM is in its third year under O’Shea … Sea Kings will be the first high school football team to play a game at renovated Davidson Field.
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