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Gamebusters

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

51 - Rory McKeever (Corona del Mar) punt.

35 - Keola Asuega (Costa Mesa) run.

34 - Blake Hacker (Corona del Mar) run.

34 - Richie Berame (Estancia) kickoff return.

Last week’s big defensive plays

NEWPORT HARBOR - End Garrett Troncale earned a 6-yard sack to force

first CdM punt and made a stop for 2-yard loss to help thwart second

series ... Safety David Sprenger made a stick along the sideline on a QB

scramble ... Outside linebacker Chris Manderino returned an interception

8 yards into CdM territory to set up third touchdown ... Cornerback Brian

Gaeta ended CdM’s first two second-half possessions with interceptions

... Tackle Nick Moghaddam had a 7-yard sack ... Cornerback Ryan Spruth

drilled a receiver after a completion, then did the same thing on the

next play to force an incompletion.

COSTA MESA - End Daniel Hunter hammered a running back for a 3-yard

loss ... Cornerback Nick Cabico came up fast and stopped the quarterback

for a 1-yard loss ... Tackle Antony Grubisich muscled in to stop a

running back for no gain ... Hunter came up with a quarterback sack,

resulting in a 9-yard loss ... Inside linebacker Louis Day made a

touchdown-saving tackle at the 2-yard line as the first half expired ...

Inside linebacker Robert McQueen teammed up with outside linebacker Josh

Clever on a stop for no gain ... Alvin Nguyen laid a big hit on a

receiver for minimal yardage ... Free safety Patrick Hulliger pounced on

a Westminster fumble for a turnover ... McQueen, Hunter and outside

linebacker Jason Hurley all met at the quarterback for a 9-yard sack ...

Cornerback Billy Jordan made a touchdown-saving shoestring tackle ...

Clever busted up the middle and stopped a running back for a 1-yard loss.

CORONA DEL MAR - Nick Prosser recovered a fumble on the opening

kickoff ... End Tyler McClellan made a tackle on a screen pass to save a

first down ... End Scott Biggs got the lone quarterback sack ...

Cornerback Charlie Alshuler recovered a third-quarter fumble ... End

Justin Wald made a stop for a 1-yard loss one series after making a

touchdown-saving tackle from behind.

ESTANCIA - Outside linebacker Matt Colby got in the way of an option

pitch to force a 10-yard loss ... Middle linebacker Ivan Garcia came

through with a big hit for minimal yardage ... Inside linebacker Bobby

Arroyo slammed into a running back for a 1-yard loss ... Colby forced a

second-and-long with a big hit for a 1-yard loss ... Free safety Freddy

Rodriguez had an interception ... Inside linebacker Fahad Jahid and end

David Rodriguez opened the second half with a big hit on a runner for a

minimal gain ... Jahid laid into a running back for little yardage ...

End Cesar Romero recovered a fumble in the fourth quarter.