Huntington Beach lost against Newport Harbor back in January of 2024 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The Huntington Beach Oilers opened the new year with a less-than-successful 63-54 defeat to the Newport Harbor Sailors. While losing is never fun, the Oilers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 340th, while the Sailors are ranked 152nd).
Huntington Beach's loss ended a six-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 10-9. As for Newport Harbor, their win bumped their record up to 14-5.
Huntington Beach and Corona del Mar will face off at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday without much rest having both just played. As for Newport Harbor, they and Los Alamitos will face off at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday without much rest having both just played. Los Alamitos knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past 14 games -- so hopefully Newport Harbor likes a good challenge.
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