Gamebusters-Gamestoppers Week 2

Gamebusters

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

60 - Bryce Sawyer (Newport Harbor) interception return.

57 - Jesse Cardenas (Costa Mesa) run.

52 - Paul Jones (Corona del Mar) pass from Dylan Hendy.

48 - Adam Kerns (Newport Harbor) TD pass from Morgan Craig.

47 - Mark Cianciulli (Corona del Mar) punt return.

45 - Dartangan Johnson (Newport Harbor) run.

45 - Paul Jones (Corona del Mar) kickoff return.

38 - Dartangan Johnson (Newport Harbor) run.

35 - Paul Jones (Corona del Mar) run with lateral.

33 - Nick Cabico (Costa Mesa) run.

Gamestoppers

Last week’s big defensive plays

NEWPORT HARBOR - End Bryan Breland nailed ball carrier for a 1-yard

loss ... tackle Scott Kohan led a push that resulted in a 6-yard loss on

a dive play ... Outside linebacker Tyler Miller foiled an option play for

a 4-yard loss ... Safety Warren Junowich made a diving interception to

set up touchdown drive ... Miller and end David Marshall combined on a

stop for no gain ... Cornerback Adam Kerns dragged QB down on fourth down

keeper to turn ball over to Tars ... Miller tackled kickoff return man at

Marina 13-yard line ... End Matt Casserly had a sack for a 10-yard loss,

then, three plays later, combined with Kohan to create a 5-yard loss ...

Middle linebacker Corey Ray made a big hit to turn a screen pass into a

2-yard loss ... Kerns made a tackle for a 3-yard loss ... Cornerback

Bryce Sawyer intercepted and returned it 60 yards to end Marina’s deepest

penetration.

CORONA DEL MAR - Lineman Joseph Carr stopped a Troy drive by

recovering a fumble ... Jonathan Hubbard and K.C. Rawlins converged on a

scrambling Troy punter for a 28-yard loss deep in Warrior territory ...

Steven Ward made a touchdown-saving tackle ... Ward produced a big-time

hit on a Troy defender to spring teammate on a 52-yard run ... Outside

linebacker Kris Cooper put a big hit on a receiver on a short gain ...

Tackle Jayson Skalla bolted up the middle for a quarterback sack, a

9-yard loss ... Cooper and end Tyler McClellan teamed up on a stop for a

1-yard loss ... End Dave Simon ended a Troy drive by stuffing a screen

pass on fourth down for a 4-yard loss ... Outside linebacker Jeff Reed

stripped a Troy runner of the ball and it was recovered by Ward ...

Skalla found another free route to the quarterback for a 10-yard sack ...

Inside linebacker Matt Cooper and lineman John Daley converged on a

runner for no gain ... Daley made a tackle for a 4-yard loss ... Skalla

clamped down on a Troy runner for a 1-yard loss.

COSTA MESA - Outside linebacker Matt Colby stuffed a draw for a 2-yard

loss ... Noseguard Borotha Pov and middle linebacker Keola Asuega led a

pack of tacklers on a 1-yard loss ... Tackle Brian Rayner’s penetration

keyed back-to-back stops for no gain ... Colby made another stop for a

2-yard loss and pressured the quarterback into an incompletion on the

same series ... End Junior Epenesa combined with Rayner on an 8-yard QB

sack ... Linebacker Bobby Arroyo made sacks for losses of 1 and 5 yards

... Safety Freddy Rodriguez intercepted at his own 2 to halt a drive.