Week 1 High School Football Preview: Newport Harbor vs. Pacifica
When/where: 7 p.m. Saturday at Bolsa Grande High
Key Sailors: Jr. QB Sam Barela; Sr. WR-S Jake Bashore; Jr. WR-CB Raphael Cruz; Jr. FB-MLB Brian Bailey
Key Mariners: Sr. QB Ben Jefferson (16 carries for 173 yards; eight of 19 passing for 75 yards); Sr. LB-RB Isaak Togia (nine carries for 63 yards and two TD runs); Sr. WR Matt Moslenko (three catches for 36 yards);Jr. RB Raimon Sagastume (one TD run)
Breakdown: Newport Harbor opens its 32nd season under coach Jeff Brinkley on the road … Pacifica (1-0) won at Trabuco Hills 27-0 in its season opener last week … Sailors are going with one quarterback this year after Barela split time with Spencer Hook, who transferred back to rival Corona del Mar … Mariners got four transfers in Sagastume, Bryan Leonard, Anthony Lopez and Mitchell Wade, who all left Brethren Christian after it dropped its football program in July … Newport Harbor is 24-6-1 in season openers with Brinkley at the helm … Pacifica is the favorite to win the Empire League … Sailors are ranked No. 2 in the CIF Southern Section Division 6 poll, while the Mariners are No. 6 in Division 10.
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