High School Football Preview: Edison vs. Newport Harbor

Oct. 5, 2016 8:42 PM PT

Edison (4-1) vs. Newport Harbor (2-3)

When/where: 7 p.m. Thursday at Huntington Beach

Key Chargers: Jr. QB Griffin O’Connor (47 of 83 passing for 914 yards, eight TDs and three INTs); Jr. RB Jack Carmichael (61 carries for 281 yards and three TDs); Sr. WR-DB E.J. Ginnis (18 catches for 391 yards and four TDs)

Key Sailors: Sr. RB Cole Kinder (119 carries for 866 yards and 12 TDs); Sr. MLB Gage Roberson; Sr. LT Mike Jarboe

Breakdown: Edison, ranked 2 in the CIF Southern Section Division 3 poll, returns off a bye week to open Sunset League play with a home game…Newport Harbor finished nonleague play with three straight setbacks, all to ranked opponents: CdM, No. 6 in Division 4, Hacienda Heights Los Altos, No. 3 in Division 6, and Manhattan Beach Mira Costa, No. 8 in Division 6…Chargers have won the last 11 meetings against Newport Harbor…Sailors haven’t beaten the Chargers since 1979…Edison Coach Dave White and Newport Harbor Coach Jeff Brinkley took over at their respective schools in 1986…White, who has 229 wins with the Chargers, said he will retire after his 31st year, while Brinkley, who has won 239 games with the Sailors, plans to return next season.

— David Carrillo Peñaloza