Gamebusters-Gamestoppers Week 5

Gamebusters

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

65 - Kyle Casillas (Estancia) TD pass from Kenny Valbuena.

57 - Matt Moore (Corona del Mar) TD pass from Dylan Hendy.

53 - Rory McKeever (Corona del Mar) punt.

44 - Alvin Nguyen (Costa Mesa) touchdown run.

42 - Jon-Luke Del Fante (Corona del Mar) field goal.

42 - Blake Hacker (Corona del Mar) touchdown run.

41 - Nick Cabico (Costa Mesa) kickoff return.40 - Charlie Alshuler

(Corona del Mar) pass from Dylan Hendy.

39 - Alvin Nguyen (Costa Mesa) run.

36 - Brian Gaeta (Newport Harbor) pass from Morgan Craig.

35 - Richie Berame (Estancia) run.

35 - David Stoddard (Estancia) interception return for TD.

30 - Patrick Hulliger (Costa Mesa) run.30 - Keola Asuega (Costa Mesa)

touchdown run.

Gamestoppers

Last week’s big defensive plays

CORONA DEL MAR - Outside linebacker Nick Prosser and tackle Jayson

Skalla combined on stop for no gain, tackle Peter Skoutelas had a 10-yard

sack and safety Bart Welch broke up a pass to force missed field goal try

... End Justin Wald led a pack that stuffed a sweep for a 4-yard loss ...

Prosser intercepted to set up a touchdown, nearly added another pick and

broke up a third pass all in third quarter ... Safety Eric Snell made a

tackle for a 4-yard loss ... Skoutelas stuffed a screen pass for 1-yard

loss ... Middle linebacker Taumata Grey broke up a pass ... Skalla

penetrated to cause a 3-yard loss ... Cornerback Charlie Alshuler

intercepted a pass and Grey recovered a fumble ... Fullback Matt Warsaw

provided a strong lead block to spring a Mark Cianciulli touchdown run

... Lineman Kevin Witt batted down a pass.

NEWPORT HARBOR - End Ian Banigan put a big hit on a Claremont runner

for no gain and repeated the task three plays later ... Middle linebacker

Alan Saenz intercepted a pass to create excellent field position ...

Saenz smashed up the middle to hold the running back for a yard loss ...

Tackle Nick Moghaddam forced a punt with a tackle for a 3-yard loss ...

End Joe Foley had a 6-yard sack ... Moghaddam made quick work of the

quarterback for a 2-yard loss ... Noseguard C.J. Collins forced a fourth

down with a hard tackle for a 2-yard loss ... Strong safety David

Sprenger blocked a Claremont punt and recovered the ball on the Wolfpack

13-yard line, setting up touchdown ... Outside linebacker Chris Manderino

stuffed a running back for a 3-yard loss ... Cornerback Ryan Spruth

picked off a pass to end the Wolfpack’s final drive.

ESTANCIA - Outside linebacker Matt Colby sacked quarterback for

minus-6 yards ... Inside ‘backer Fahad Jahid made a stop for a 1-yard

loss and another for no gain ... Lineman Jesse Cardenas made two tackles

for 1-yard losses ... David Stoddard had two interceptions, while Ivan

Garcia, Cesar Romero and Cardenas recovered Orange fumbles ... Jeremy

Valdes made a nice block to spring Casillas on a 65-yard touchdown play

... David Rodriguez made a tackle for a 2-yard loss and Garcia applied a

first hit on a 6-yard loss ... Romero and Rick Valdez stuffed a

ballcarrier for a 1-yard loss.

COSTA MESA - Antony Grubisich and Robert McQueen converged on a

blocked punt, which was recovered by Mher Babikian ... Louis Day had two

assisted sacks, Babikian recorded a solo and an assisted sack and Sean

Biggio, Shem Gerhauser and Carlos Alderete had solo sacks late in the

game ... McQueen and Day stopped runner in backfield for minus-5 yards

... Grubisich and Alvin Nguyen had interceptions.