Football: Huntington Beach 40, Newport Beach 14

Newport Harbor missed an opportunity to share the Sunset League title with Edison by being upset by Huntington Beach. It's no surprise, given that Huntington Beach was predicted to finish second in the league in a preseason poll of coaches, although the score was enough to raise an eyebrow. And Kai Ross, a do-it-all quarterback, showcased his skills perhaps better than he has all season.

Score: Huntington Beach 40, Newport Harbor 14

Key Stats: Kai Ross rushed 15 times for 126 yards and three touchdowns, and completed 10 of 13 passes for 86 yards and another touchdown for Huntington Beach. He also intercepted a pass and had a 65-yard punt return to set up a touchdown.

Pivotal Moment: Newport Harbor pulled to 19-14 on Cole Norris’ 33-yard pass to Quest Truxton, but a little more than two minutes later, Huntington Beach had answered. The Oilers got a 6-yard scoring pass from Ross to Nolan Thompson for a 26-14 lead with 4:41 left in the first half. The game certainly wasn’t out of reach, but for the Sailors, it had to make them think, “What do we have to do to catch these guys?”

Quotable: “We're .500, in the toughest league (in the division) and we've had the toughest schedule over anybody that's eligible for a wild card, and if you look at the other teams, none of them could do this to that quality of a football team,” Huntington Beach coach Eric Lo told the Orange County Register.

Records: Huntington Beach (5-5 overall, 2-3 in Sunset League), Newport Harbor (5-5, 3-2)

Notes: The Oilers tacked on two TDs in the fourth quarter to seal the deal. Ross scored on runs of 4 and 3 yards. ... Ross also scored on an 8-yard run early in the second quarter to give the Oilers a 19-7 lead. ... With Newport Harbor’s loss, Edison won the outright league championship. … Newport Harbor finished in a three-way tie for second place with Fountain Valley and Los Alamitos, but will be the second-place entry from the league because it beat both those schools head-to-head. … Fountain Valley will be the third place team, and Los Alamitos—ranked No. 3 in the Southwest Division going into the weekend—will likely get the first of two available at-large berths. Huntington Beach is hoping for the second. … Norris completed 16 of 32 passes for 243 yards and a touchdown. Norris also ran for a score. … Cory Stowell caught 10 passes for 143 yards.