TWO-MINUTE DRILL

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TWO-MINUTE DRILL

The Newport Harbor High football team might have a tailback controversy on its hands next season, when Ben Frazier will be a senior and Michael Helfrich will be a junior.

Frazier ran for 647 yards and six touchdowns on 142 carries before an ankle injury kept him out of the majority of the Sailors’ final four games.

“Ben Frazier ran the ball well this year before he hurt his ankle,” Newport Harbor Coach Jeff Brinkley said after a 35-14 victory over Fountain Valley Friday at Huntington Beach High.

“Michael Helfrich ran the ball pretty good in junior varsity games. He just kept getting better and better.”

Helfrich had 433 yards and four touchdowns with the varsity on 69 carries, primarily in the final two games.

It’s the most points an Estancia team has scored in its 42 varsity seasons, topping the 312 points posted in 11 games by the 2000 Eagles.

After having 50 players out during the summer, Osso said about 20 quit the team because the grind was too tough for them.

“We had a lot of different guys come back out,” Osso said. “They could have quit like the rest of the guys, but they didn’t and stuck to it. That in itself is a huge accomplishment. But hopefully they’ll learn that life is bigger than football.”

Terry coached both offensive and defensive line during his years at Corona del Mar and also worked for former Corona del Mar Coach Dave Holland at Laguna Beach.

Terry will retire from coaching, said Calvary Coach Lyle Lansdell, who also worked with Terry at CdM, during Lansdell’s tenure as the Sea Kings’ offensive coordinator.

Though their breakout games were just one year apart, the 6-foot, 200-pound Rippon and the 6-0, 162-pound Helfrich ran behind completely different offensive lines.

“In years past, we got out-hit, out-manned and out-muscled,” Lightning Coach Tom Monarch said. “This game, we got out-executed … That we can correct, if we face them again in the playoffs. Those are things we can work on as a football team.”

Eight different players have contributed to the thievery, including five picks by senior Edgar Vargas and four by senior Brian Harriman.

Grabarsky, who just finished up her girls’ golf season for the Mustangs, was crowned by 2005 queen Tracy Bjelland, who played volleyball, basketball and ran track for Mesa.