Football Preview: Newport Harbor Sailors vs. Villa Park Spartans
The Newport Harbor Sailors will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against the Villa Park Spartans at 7:00 p.m. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Newport Harbor is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against Yorba Linda on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Newport Harbor lost 42-17 to Yorba Linda. While losing is never fun, the Sailors can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 127th, while the Mustangs are ranked 27th).
Although Newport Harbor took the loss, they still got scores from Glenn Baranoski and Sammy Stremick.
Meanwhile, Villa Park entered their matchup against San Juan Hills on Thursday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Villa Park had to suffer through a 42-10 loss at the hands of San Juan Hills. The game marked the Spartans' lowest-scoring match so far this season.
Even though they lost, Villa Park was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 218 rushing yards. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their rushing yard total in three consecutive contests.
Newport Harbor's defeat was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 3-6. As for Villa Park, their loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 6-3.
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