Week 10 High School Football Preview: Edison vs. Newport Harbor

When/where: 7 p.m. Thursday at Newport Harbor High

Key Chargers: Sr. RB/OLB Mike Walters (97 carries for 469 yards and 14 TDs; four catches for 16 yards; one passing TD; 73 tackles, nine tackles for a loss and three forced fumbles); Jr. QB Braeden Boyles (80 of 143 passing for 1,241 yards, 13 TDs and six INTs; 38 carries for 245 yards and two TDs); Sr. WR/FS Cole Koffler (28 catches for 702 yards and nine TDs); Sr. TE/DE Trent Fletcher (64 tackles, 10 tackles for a loss, six sacks and one fumble recovery)

Key Sailors: Jr. RB Justin McCoy (150 carries for 761 yards and 14 TDs; 29 catches for 357 yards and two TDs); Jr. LB Erik Hehl (25 tackles, three sacks and one forced fumble); Sr. MLB Chad Koste (53 tackles, three sacks and one fumble recovery); Sr. WR/CB Aidan Goltz (52 catches for 618 yards and three TDs)

Breakdown: The stakes could not be higher as Newport Harbor hosts Edison in a Sunset League finale at Davidson Field … Four teams remain in contention for the presumptive three automatic playoff berths in the six-team league … The Chargers (6-3, 3-1 in league), ranked No. 6 in the CIF Southern Section Division 3 poll, still have an outside shot at sharing the league championship. A win over the Sailors (7-2, 2-2) combined with a Los Alamitos (4-5, 3-1) win over Corona del Mar (9-0, 4-0) on Friday would forge a three-way tie atop the league … The Sailors, ranked No. 4 in Division 9, could also wind up in a three-way tie for second with a win and a Los Alamitos loss. Coin flips will be performed following the CdM-Los Alamitos game in the fore-mentioned scenarios to determine the order of league seeding … Newport Harbor would secure the league’s third seed with a win and a Los Alamitos win, by virtue of a head-to-head tiebreaker … Sailors coach Peter Lofthouse said that his team could go with a quarterback-by-committee approach if Cole Lavin (knee) and Nick Kim (ankle) are unable to play. Lofthouse said that Lavin is doubtful, while Kim is a game-time decision ... Newport Harbor last made the postseason in 2014.

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