Gamebusters

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

* 60 -- Spencer Link (Newport Harbor) pass from Michael McDonald.

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

* 43 -- Keya Manshadi (Sage Hill) pass from Zach Friedrichs.

* 42 -- Kevin Welch (Corona del Mar) pass from Jonathan Hubbard.

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

* 38 -- Mark Cianciulli (Corona del Mar) run.

* 36 -- Keola Asuega (Costa Mesa) run.

* 33 -- Eddie Huang (Sage Hill) pass from Zach Friedrichs.

* 30 -- Eddie Huang (Sage Hill) pass from Zach Friedrichs.

GAMESTOPPERS

Last week’s big defensive plays

* CORONA DEL MAR -- Outside linebacker Kris Cooper recovers a

fumble to set up go-ahead touchdown ... Adam Dunn sacks quarterback

for 9-yard loss ... Linebacker Jason Kidushim drills the QB on an

option play, forcing a bad pitch ... Cooper tackles receiver in the

flat for no gain ... Wess Presson drives his helmet into the ball to

force a fumble on a punt return ... Safety K.C. Rawlins bowls over a

ball carrier for a 3-yard loss on a sweep ... Outside ‘backer Jeff

Reed records a 5-yard sack ... End Joseph Carr sacks QB for 2-yard

loss ... Tackle Jeff Wicken creates a pile to stop a run for no gain

... Tackle Dave Simon stuffs a run for a 1-yard loss ... Kidushim

deflects a pass ... Cornerback Mordy Ornguze unloads huge hit on QB

on option keeper for short gain.

* COSTA MESA -- Cornerback Al Rodriguez makes a leaping

interception in his own end zone to turn away late first-half drive

... Middle linebacker Junior Epenesa makes a huge hit to stop a run

for a 1-yard loss and also makes a tackle 2 yards behind the line ...

Inside linebacker Brett Via stuffs a run for a short gain ... Epenesa

and safety Tyler Waldron each get their hands on a pass to cause an

incompletion ... Luis Gonzales recovers a fumbled kickoff to set up a

short touchdown drive ... Inside ‘backer Chris Reed leads a gang of

tackles to nail a back for a 4-yard loss ... Noseguard Borotha Pov

recovers a fumble to set up a touchdown drive ... Rodriguez chased

down a ball carrier to save a touchdown ... Via collects Mesa’s lone

sack for a 7-yard loss ... Waldron intercepts to halt Orange’s last

possession.

* NEWPORT HARBOR -- Tackle Chase Brawner sacks the quarterback

for 6-yard loss ... Outside linebacker Matt Encinias recovers a

fumble at the Wolverine 11, setting up Tars’ first touchdown ...

Noseguard Austin Nieto makes shoestring tackle for no gain ... Free

safety Dartangan Johnson makes a big hit on quarterback for a short

gain, assisted by outside ‘backer Jimmy Sanchez ... Cornerback Ben

Soza intercepts a deep pass ... Sanchez makes a stop for no gain on

third-and-six ... End Mac Posey throws down ball carrier for 3-yard

loss ... middle linebacker Fernando Castorena stops rusher for 1-yard

gain ... Late in the first half, Brawner makes tackle for a 5-yard

loss with an assist from Castorena ... Tommy Carroll provides heavy

pressure on quarterback to force incomplete pass ... Castorena stops

ball carrier for 2-yard loss .. Encinias tackles running back for

5-yard loss ... Sanchez records a 13-yard sack ... Castorena

intercepts a pass and returns it 12 yards, after the ball was almost

picked off by teammate Matt Erickson, who juggled it before Castorena

snatched it out of the air ... Posey drops running back for 7-yard

loss ... Linebacker Thomas Martin intercepts a pass and returns it 19

yards ... Outside ‘backer Greg Minor ends the game with a 5-yard

sack..

* ESTANCIA -- Cornerback Bobby Estrada intercepts a deep pass and

returns it 77 yards for apparent touchdown, though a clipping call

sliced 50 yards of his credited return yards ... Estrada breaks up a

third-down deep pass ... Lewis Bradshaw records a touchdown-saving

tackle on a Santa Ana punt return at the Estancia 20.

* SAGE HILL -- Lineman Bryan Forrest records the Lightning’s one

sack for a 10-yard loss ... Patrick Smith forces a fumble with a hit

on a receiver and Sage Hill recovers ... Smith also makes a

touchdown-saving tackle after a 19-yard run ... Linebacker Scott Cho

tackles ball carrier for a 5-yard loss ... Linebacker Cliff Swanson

stuffs runner no gain ... Erik Williams and Erik Good converge on

several tackles ... Defensive back Keya Manshadi nearly picks off two

passes and provides tight coverage throughout the game.