Defensive Player of the Week: Brett Beaudette, Newport Harbor

Newport Harbor's Brett Beaudette is the Defensive Player of the Week for Oct. 6. — Newport Harbor’s Brett Beaudette is the Defensive Player of the Week for Oct. 6.

By Dan Albano | dalbano@scng.com | Orange County Register

October 6, 2014 at 2:19 p.m.

Brett Beaudette

Newport Harbor

The senior defensive end racked up five sacks, four tackles and forced two fumbles to help lead the visiting Sailors past Mira Costa of Manhattan Beach, 41-22. Beaudette (6-0, 192) also helped Newport Harbor snap a three-game losing streak in which it allowed 41.3 points per game. “He stepped up,” Sailors coach Jeff Brinkley said of Beaudette, who has seven sacks for the season. “He’s one of our captains and good leaders.”