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Gamebusters

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

59 - C.J. Zuniga (Costa Mesa) touchdown run.

58 - Shaun Ferryman (Costa Mesa) touchdown pass from Dave Weir.

41 - Kelsey Peterson (Newport Harbor) kickoff return.

40 - Josh Strickland (Costa Mesa) interception return for touchdown.

37 - C.J. Zuniga (Costa Mesa) punt return for touchdown.

36 - Jake Cleveland (Costa Mesa) returned fumble for touchdown.

Gamestoppers

Last week’s big defensive plays

COSTA MESA - Defensive lineman Danny Mardikian recovered a fumble ...

Inside linebacker Jason Rankin had a sack for a 6-yard loss ... The

entire defensive line forced a hurried pass, which cornerback Josh

Strickland intercepted and returned for a touchdown ... Rankin and end

Todd Duddridge teamed for a 4-yard loss ... cornerback Jake Cleveland

caused and recovered a fumble which he returned 36 yards for a touchdown

... Inside linebacker Shaun Ferryman, nailed a back for a 1-yard loss ...

Ferryman and outside linebacker Dave Weir combined on a tackle for a

5-yard loss ... Jordan Prinzi and Luis Day shared a punishing sack for a

6-yard loss ... Bryce Sheridan made a stop in the backfield for a 6-yard

loss ... Robin Stevens picked off a pass and brought it back 10 yards

deep into enemy territory ... Tony Ashcroft and Mike McGuire came through

on back-to-back tackles to stall La Quinta’s final offensive series to

preserve the shutout.

CORONA DEL MAR - End Scott Biggs had a quarterback sack ... Tackle Billy

McArdle recovered a fumble to end a scoring threat ... Safety Eric Snell

recovered a muffed punt which lead to the game’s only touchdown ...

Outside linebacker Blake Hacker came up with a big hit on an Estancia

runner, forcing second and long, while end Travis Hackett followed up on

the next play with a tackle for a 1-yard loss ... End Jay Bottom sacked

the quarterback for an 8-yard loss, before teaming up with Hackett for

another sack for a 7-yard loss ... Hackett nailed a Eagles runner for no

gain ... Snell recovered his second fumble of the night with the Eagles

threatening to tie the game ... On the Eagles next possession, Hackett

made two stops each for 3-yard losses ... Punter Rory McKeever’s 41-yard

punt, pinned the Eagles inside their own 1-yard line ... Hackett made a

tackle in the end zone for a safety ... Mike Hayes sacked the quarterback

for an 8-yard loss before middle linebacker Brandon Johnson intercepted a

pass to ice the win.

NEWPORT HARBOR - Nose guard Andy Kalanz had one solo sack and was in on

two others ... Andy Rankin punched the ball loose on a Woodbridge kickoff

return and Adam Kerns recovered to set up second touchdown ... Safety

Dayne Pfaff intercepted two passes and broke up four others ... Middle

linebacker Alan Saenz leveled the fullback for 3-yard loss ... Garrett

Troncale, Nick Moghaddam and Brad Rothwell were in on sacks ... Justin

Jacobs returned an interception 17 yards to the 1 to set up final TD ...

Outside linebacker Mike Tunney came out of nowhere to stop fake punt run

short of first down.

ESTANCIA - End David Rodriguez stopped a CdM runner for no gain and

repeated the feat five plays later that forced CdM into a missed

field-goal attempt ... Outside linebacker Sean Freeman forced CdM into a

third-and-long situation with a stop for no gain and later added a sack

... Inside linebacker Cesar Romero and middle linebacker Matt Mueller

teamed up to limit a CdM runner to a minimal gain, forcing third and long

... Cornerback John Alderete picked off a pass in CdM territory ...

Freeman saved a touchdown with a shoestring tackle, then made two big

stops deep in Eagles’ territory as the first half ran out ... End Kyle

Westman nailed a runner for no gain ... Safety Freddy Rodriguez recovered

a fumble.