LAST WEEK’S HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYS...

LAST WEEK’S HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYS OF 30 YARDS OR MORE

* 71 - Spencer Link (Newport Harbor) touchdown pass from Michael

McDonald.

* 57 - Mark Cianciulli (Corona del Mar) kickoff return.

* 46 - Dartangan Johnson (Newport Harbor) touchdown run.

* 46 - Keola Asuega (Costa Mesa) run.

* 45 - Kevin Welch (Corona del Mar) touchdown pass from Jonathan

Hubbard.

* 42 - Geo Macias (Estancia) kickoff return.

* 40 - Erik Williams (Sage Hill) pass from Zach Friedrichs.

* 34 - Keola Asuega (Costa Mesa) touchdown run.

* 33 - Lewis Bradshaw (Estancia) pass from Brad Young.

* 30 - Mike Toole (Newport Harbor) pass from Michael McDonald.

* 30 - Mark Cianciulli (Corona del Mar) kickoff return.

GAMESTOPPERS

Last week’s big defensive plays

* NEWPORT HARBOR -- Noseguard Austin Nieto’s pressure forces

quarterback to throw the ball away ... End Shahan Mouradyan and

tackle Chase Brawner combine on a 7-yard sack ... Middle linebacker

Fernando Castorena drills an intended receiver over the middle to

help ensure an incompletion ... Castorena and end Mac Posey sandwich

the quarterback as he releases in the pocket, forcing him,

temporarily to the sideline ... Rhett Hartsfield makes a

touchdown-saving tackle on a long punt return ... Cornerback Ben Soza

is the first of many tacklers to halt an option pitch for a 2-yard

loss ... Mouradyan’s QB pressure forces an incomplete pass ... Soza

intercepts a deep ball near the sideline ... Brawner and Posey

combined on a stop for no gain ... Outside linebacker Matt Encinias

makes a big hit on a short gain ... Brawner’s pass rush helps force

an incompletion ... Encinias deliverd a blindside blow to the

quarterback to force another incompletion ... Posey recovers a fumble

to set up a touchdown ... Outside ‘backer Jimmy Sanchez closes

quickly to stop a flat pass for 1-yard loss ... Sam Khalifian and

Efrain Castro combine to sack quarterback in the end zone for a

safety.

* COSTA MESA -- Outside linebacker Daniel Cooper reads a pass

play perfectly, records the interception and runs 18 yards for a

touchdown to seal the victory ... end Cole Edwards records two sacks

for a total of 18 yards and causes a fumble just before halftime ...

Linebacker Chris Reed stuffs an Ocean View ball carrier for no gain

at the Mesa 1-yard line on third-and-goal ... Keola Asuega makes the

initial hit on an Ocean View ball carrier for a 6-yard loss on

fourth-and-goal from the Mesa 1 ... Cooper and cornerback Luis

Gonzalez tackle a receiver for a 2-yard loss ... Al Rodriguez breaks

through the line and blocks a 22-yard field-goal attempt ... Cooper

tackles a receiver for a 3-yard loss ... Senior Tyler Waldron

intercepts a deep pass in the third quarter ... Gonzalez delivers a

bone-crushing hit on a receiver, causing a fumble that dribbles out

of bounds for a 4-yard loss ... Waldron breaks up a deep pass late in

the fourth quarter.

* CORONA DEL MAR -- Cornerback Mordy Ornguze’s forceful tackle

forces a fumble that bounds out of bounds ... Linebacker Tyler Lance

blitzes to record a 2-yard sack ... Linebacker Matt Warsaw has a

near-interception ... Jayson Skalla yanks down quarterback for a

5-yard sack ... Warsaw makes a tackle for no gain, Jeff Reed and

Joseph Carr combine on a stop for no gain and Warsaw trips up ball

carrier for 1-yard loss to complete a second-quarter goal-line stand

... Reed breaks up a pass, nearly intercepting ... Lance drills a

receiver on a 1-yard slip screen ... Reed tackles a pass receiver for

a 4-yard loss ... Lance’s pass rush forces an underhand flip that

Reed nearly intercepts ... Skalla dodges a block to collect a 9-yard

sack ... Warsaw and Skalla combine to stop a run for a 1-yard loss

... Lance leaps to deflect a pass, then, on the next play, flushed

the quarterback from the pocket, where he is, eventually, stopped for

no gain by Brian Dunn ... Warsaw records a 7-yard sack ... Lance

leads a wall of tacklers for a 5-yard sack.

* ESTANCIA -- Outside linebacker Erik Andersen starts game with

open-field tackle ... Free safety Louis Valdes tackles ball carrier

in backfield for 8-yard loss ... In same game-opening series, Valdes

stops two-point conversion try when he tackles ball carrier and

holder on fake PAT ... Andersen adds another big stop, while junior

inside linebacker Cullen Crom provides hard first-hit blow on 1-yard

gain ... In fourth quarter, linebacker Bubba Kapko makes a solo

tackle and defensive end Bryce McKendry follows it up as primary

tackler on gain of 1 yard.

* SAGE HILL -- Junior defensive lineman Marcel Sohl sacks

quarterback for an 8-yard loss ... Senior linebacker Cliff Swanson

collects a team-high nine tackles, two for losses totaling 6 yards

... Senior ‘backer Erik Williams recovers the Warriors’ first fumble

... Williams also is in on four solo tackles and teams with senior

linebacker Scott Cho, Swanson, defensive back Kevin Emamian and

lineman Ray Lim on scores of team tackles ... Sophomore defensive

back Patrick Smith and junior back Eddie Huang both break up separate

two-point conversion pass attempts.