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GAMEBUSTERS

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

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

52 - Travis Trimble (Newport Harbor) pass from Chris Manderino.

50 - Andre Stewart (Newport Harbor) run.

43 - Willy Franco (Costa Mesa) pass from Dave Weir.

42 - Freddy Rodriguez (Estancia) fumble return.

GAMESTOPPERS

Last week’s big defensive plays

Costa Mesa - Tackle Danny Mardikian made a tackle for a 3-yard loss and

another for minus-1 yard ... End Antony Grubisich stopped a ballcarrier

for no gain ... End Todd Duddridge pressured quarterback into an

incompletion and later batted down a pass ... Cornerback Greg Stewart

recovered a fumble ... End Dave Weir forced a 2-yard loss and three plays

later hurried QB into an incompletion ... Cornerback Jake Cleveland

intercepted a pass to all but thwart CdM comeback.

Newport Harbor - Free safety Dayne Pfaff stopped an Aliso runner for no

gain ... Strong safety Billy Clayton busted through to stop a Wolverines’

runner for a 2-yard loss ... Outside linebacker Mike Tunney came up

quickly to produce a 4-yard loss ... Clayton forced an incompletion on a

halfback pass ... Nose guard Andy Kalanz plugged the middle to make a

stop for no gain ... End Nick Langsdorf hurried the quarterback into an

incompletion ... Tackle Nick Moghaddam intercepted a pass ... End

Garrett Troncale came up the middle for a 10-yard quarterback sack ...

Chris Manderino and Kelsey Peterson intercepted the next two passes ...

Cornerback Justin Jacobs forced second and long with a tackle for a

3-yard loss ... Troncale and Manderino teammed up on a first-down tackle

for no gain ... Clayton ended Aliso’s final drive with an interception,

Harbor’s fourth.

Corona del Mar - Outside linebacker Blake Hacker had a tackle for no

gain, nearly blocked a punt and produced the biggest hit of the night

with a stop for a short gain ... End Travis Hackett, tackles Jay Bottom

and Billy McArdle and linebacker Matt Gulley all made stops for no gain

... Cornerback David Beser forced an incompletion with strong coverage

... Safety Adam Cooper closed quickly to make a stop on a short gain ...

Tackle Dave Richardson stuffed an inside run for a 1-yard gain.

Estancia - Outside linebacker Sean Freeman forced a fumble teammate

Freddy Rodriguez returned 42 yards ... Nose guard Josh Veach blocked a

conversion kick ... Danny Valbuena laid a big hit on a Uni kick returner

... Middle linebacker Matt Mueller made a stop for a 4-yard loss ...

Outside linebacker Matt Colby made a tackle for a 5-yard loss ... End

David Rodriguez and Freeman combined to produce a 5-yard loss.