Week 11 High School Football Preview: Edison vs. La Habra

When/where: Friday, 7 p.m. at La Habra High

Key Chargers: Sr. QB Griffin O’Connor (136 of 239 passing for 2,013 yards, 23 TDs and nine INTs; 56 carries for 187 yards and four TDs); Sr. WR-DB David Atencio (50 catches for 919 yards and 14 TDs; five INTs, 24 tackles, one fumble recovery); Jr. LB Luke Hoggard (103 tackles, 1½ sacks, one INT); Sr. DE Hunter Griggs (eight sacks, 52 tackles)

Key Highlanders: Sr. RB Skyler Taylor (130 carries for 1,119 yards and 18 TDs); Sr. QB Zach Fogel (71 of 134 passing for 1,537 yards, 16 TDs and three INTs; 43 carries for 398 yards and three TDs); Jr. WR Deavyn Woullard (26 catches for 601 yards and nine TDs); So. CB-KR Clark Phillips III (seven INTs, three returned for TDs, 15 passes defensed, 26 tackles)

Breakdown: Edison (7-3) has a challenge at La Habra (7-3) in first round of the CIF Southern Section Division 2 playoffs … Chargers and Highlanders are near the opposite ends of Beach Boulevard, Edison to the south and La Habra to the north, and yet these storied programs have never met in a football game … Edison won its sixth section title last year, while La Habra has won seven section crowns, the last time was two years ago … Chargers coach Jeff Grady said he hopes to have running back Jack Carmichael (ankle) and cornerback and wide receiver McCade Barrett (collarbone) ready for the postseason after Carmichael missed the last six games and Barrett the last three because of injuries … Highlanders and the Chargers share one common opponent this year in Tesoro, which the Chargers edged 48-47 on Aug. 25 and La Habra routed 45-14 on Sept. 1 … Edison, the second-place team from the Sunset League, has losses to Westlake Village Oaks Christian (8-2), the No. 4 seed in the Division 2 playoffs, San Clemente (9-1), which made the Division 1 playoffs, and Los Alamitos (7-3), which is in the Division 2 playoffs … La Habra, the Freeway League champion, lost to Upland (10-0), the top seed in Division 2, and Mission Viejo (10-0), which advanced to the Division 1 playoffs, and the Highlanders forfeited a win to Ontario Colony (9-1), which is in the Division 4 playoffs, because they used an ineligible player.

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