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Gamebusters

Last week’s high school football plays of 30 yards or more

80 - Dave Weir (Costa Mesa) touchdown run.

78 - Justin Jacobs (Newport Harbor) punt return for touchdown.

50 - Nathan Caldwell (Newport Harbor) punt.

33 - C.J. Zuniga (Costa Mesa) kickoff return.

Gamestoppers

Last week’s big hits and defensive plays

Newport Harbor - End Brad Rothwell flushed QB out of pocket and nose

guard Andy Kalanz tackled him for a safety ... End Nick Langsdorf

deflected a pass at the line and outside linebacker Andy Rankin

intercepted ... Tackle Nick Moghaddam and cornerback Andre Stewart made

back-to-back stops at the line and cornerback Justin Jacobs intercepted

on the next snap ... Safety Dayne Pfaff went flat out to gather in one of

his two interceptions before it hit the turf ... Rankin blocked a punt

... Stewart made a crushing hit on a QB scramble ... Jacobs nearly pulled

in a second interception ... Linebacker Chris Manderino knifed through to

stop an off-tackle play for 1-yard loss ... Ryan Brill hustled to make

touchdown-saving tackle from behind on flea-flicker ... Kalanz and Brad

Craig made back-to-back sacks.

Costa Mesa - End Todd Duddridge had a quarterback sack and blocked a

punt, which Dave Weir returned 29 yards to set up TD ... C.J. Zuniga made

a stop for 4-yard loss and a QB sack on back-to-back snaps ...

Linebacker Jason Rankin broke up a two-point conversion pass and

recovered a fumble ... Cornerback Jake Cleveland forced two outside runs

for no gain ... Safety Willy Franco made several solid hits on Western

ballcarriers.

Estancia - Nose guard Robert Aguilera made a solid tackle behind the line

... End Kyle Westman forced a fumble, which was recovered by outside

linebacker Sean Freeman ... Nose guard Josh Veach made a tackle behind

the line ... Linebacker Ivan Garcia recovered a fumble ... End David

Rodriguez had a tackle for negative yardage ... Marshall Hendricks made a

touchdown-saving tackle on Anaheim kickoff return ... Danny Valbuena

recovered fumble late in the fourth quarter ... Offensive guard Cesar

Romero recovered a fumble, sustaining an Eagle touchdown drive.

Corona del Mar - Cornerback David Beser had two interceptions and

recovered one Saddleback fumble ... End Jay Bottom had two sacks and made

numerous tackles at and behind the line ... Ends Mike Hayes and Scott

Biggs each had a sack and were part of many gang tackles at the line of

scrimmage.