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.