GAMEBUSTERS High school plays of 30 yards...
GAMEBUSTERS
High school plays of 30 yards or more
* 80 - Spencer Link (Newport Harbor) TD pass from Kasey Peters.
* 78 - Geo Macias (Estancia) touchdown pass from Brad Young.
* 65 - Omar Ruiz (Costa Mesa) touchdown run.
* 53 - Geo Macias (Estanica) pass from Brad Young.
* 35 - Kevin Welch (Corona del Mar) pass from Tom Welch.
* 32 - Mike Cahill (Estancia) touchdown run.
* 30 - Jason Johnston (Estancia) kickoff return.
GAMESTOPPERS
Last week’s big defensive plays
* ESTANCIA -- Linebacker Bubba Kapko flattens a would-be receiver
... Cornerback Geo Macias breaks up a pass ... Ricky Montgomery
blocks a punt to set up a touchdown two plays later ... Cornerback
Kalani Teo stands up a ball carrier for no gain ... Tackle Gary
Strawn produces a 10-yard sack ... Linebacker Mike Cahill flings down
quarterback for an 11-yard sack ... Cahill nearly intercepts while
breaking up a pass ... Landon Pulizzi recovers a muffed punt
reception to set up a short touchdown drive ... End Chad Sherrell
turns in a sweep and Strawn and linebacker Cullen Crom combine on the
tackle for a 5-yard loss ... Strawn smothers ball carrier for a
9-yard loss ... Kapko gets a hand on a pass to force incompletion ...
Linebacker Mike Softa scoops up a fumble and returns it 11 yards to
set up game-winning touchdown ... Macias bats down pass on final play
to seal the victory.
* NEWPORT HARBOR -- Defensive end Saami Khalifian stops the
quarterback for no gain ... Alex Orth recovers a fumble ... Ryan
Rippon recovers a fumble, leading to a Sailors’ touchdown ... Taylor
Young and Thomas Martin combine to stop the ballcarrier for a 2-yard
gain ... Khalifian, Trevor Theriot and Sean Rowe combine to throw the
quarterback for a loss ... Rippon makes an open-field tackle with a
big hit on the quarterback ... Martin nearly comes up with an
interception ... Austin Nieto wraps up the quarterback on a draw play
... Orth knocks away a fourth-down pass in the end zone ... Orth
trips up the ballcarrier for a 2-yard loss ... Young sacks the
quarterback ... Matt Encinias and Rippon combine on a
touchdown-saving tackle ... A shoestring tackle by Young saves a
touchdown ... Efrain Castro halts the quarterback for a 2-yard gain.
* COSTA MESA -- Defensive end Qualic Vargas forces a fumble and
Cameron Wynglarz recovers at the Saddleback 27-yard line ... Wynglarz
strips a ball carrier and cornerback Tony Krikorian pounces on it ...
Wynglarz stops a ball carrier for no gain ... Vargas bats down a pass
from the quarterback on the first play from scrimmage in overtime ...
Junior Epenesa records three solo sacks totaling 22 yards and stuffs
the tailback 2 yards behind the line of scrimmage ... Luke Sapolu
steps in front of a receiver to intercept a pass in the fourth
quarter and drops a rusher for a 4-yard loss in the first quarter ...
Senior nose guard Eric Reyes forces a fumble near the end of the
third quarter and pressures the quarterback on several occasions ...
Senior safety Al Rodriguez makes a touchdown-saving tackle on a
receiver ... Marc Daniels and Epenesa team up for a 2-yard sack ...
Daniels and Gary Gonzalez team up to down the quarterback for an
11-yard loss after a bad shotgun snap.
* CORONA DEL MAR -- Junior cornerback Kevin Welch records an
interception and returns it 22 yards to put the Sea Kings on the
Cypress 9-yard line ... Sophomore end Matt Burgner and sophomore John
Fairbanks team up to sack the quarterback for a 4-yard loss ...
Junior safety Austin Brawner corrals the running back for a 1-yard
loss ... Senior end Brian Dunn piles on the quarterback after a bad
snap ... Sophomore cornerback Shaun Mohler delivers a crushing hit on
the tight end, jarring the ball loose, but Century recovers ...
Burgner and junior Matt Busch take advantage of a fumble to force a
7-yard loss ... Mohler intercepts a pass.
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