By TIM BURT
OCVarsity staff

NEWPORT BEACH -- Huntington Beach was feeling a little down after the first half Thursday night in a Sea View League game against Northwood at Newport Harbor.

The Oilers trailed, 10-3, at halftime, but they outscored Northwood in the third quarter, 27-0, to roll to a 44-17 victory to keep their CIF playoff hopes alive.

“It was just us executing our offense and the kids turning it up a notch in the second half,” Huntington Beach coach Eric Lo said.

The Oilers (3-4, 1-2) started the third quarter with a 74-yard touchdown run by Logan Emery. Huntington Beach missed the conversion and trailed, 10-9.

Northwood (2-6, 0-3) then fumbled on its next play from scrimmage and the Oilers recovered on the Northwood 33-yard line.

A penalty moved the ball back a few yards, but on the next play quarterback Sean Guite connected with Emery on a screen pass for a 40-yard touchdown and Guite ran in a 2-point conversion to put the Oilers ahead, 17-10.

“They played a lot harder than we did,” Northwood coach Rick Curtis said. “We’re not playing four quarters, so it’s very disappointing.”

Northwood moved ahead late in the first quarter on a 1-yard run by Andrew Stephenson.

The Oilers cut the lead 7-3 on a 28-yard field goal by Eric Chan in the second quarter.

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