Newport Harbor (1-0) vs. Long Beach Poly (1-0)

When/where: Tonight, 7; Veterans Stadium in Long Beach

Key Sailors: Senior wide receiver/cornerback/returner JB Green (three catches for 20 yards and one TD, one rushing TD, 77-yard touchdown kickoff return, 51-yard touchdown punt return); senior middle linebacker Brandon Kula (five tackles, two sacks); junior outside linebacker Cecile Whiteside (two sacks, one blocked punt returned for TD)

Key Jackrabbits: Senior running back Melvin Richardson (16 carries for 124 yards and two touchdowns); senior defensive end Luta Tepa (eight tackles, two sacks); senior running back Daveon Barner (18 carries for 96 yards and two touchdowns)

Breakdown: Newport Harbor played host to Long Beach Poly twice last year and lost each game, including a 35-14 defeat in the quarterfinals of the CIF Southern Section Pac-5 Division playoffs … Newport Harbor must protect McDonald, who was sacked eight times in the Jackrabbits’ 34-7 win during the 2007 regular season … Harbor is coming off a 58-7 win against Aliso Niguel.

— David Carrillo Peñaloza