Gamebusters

GAMESTOPPERS

Last week’s big defensive plays

* CORONA DEL MAR -- Linebackers Tyler Lance and Shaun Mohler

combine to hold the running back to no gain ... Cornerback David Del

Fante forces a fumble that is recovered by defensive tackle Zach

Wishengrad and returned to the 1-yard line ... Mohler knocks the

running back for a 4-yard loss ... Matt Busch stops a pass play for a

three-yard gain and two plays later Laguna Beach misses a field goal

attempt ... Matt Burgner, with an assist from Brian Dunn, tackles the

running back for a 4-yard loss ... Wess Presson puts a big hit on the

running back, stopping him for a 3-yard loss ... Wishengrad throws

the running back for a 1-yard loss ... John Shanahan, Mordy Ornguze

and Austin Brawner combine to make a tackle for a loss ... Burgner

knocks down a pass ... Ornguze forces a fumble and Shanahan recovers

... Lance punishes a receiver, who drops the ball ... Ornguze and

Mohler put big hits on receivers, who only manage short gains ...

Presson intercepts a pass ... Del Fante brings the sidelines to life

with a hard hit on Laguna Beach’s tight end.

* COSTA MESA - Outside linebacker Jeff Waldron was a one-man

wrecking crew, producing an interception (which he returned 22 yards

to set up a touchdown), forcing a fumble on a sack (that teammate

Robert De La Cruz recovered to set up another TD), recording another

sack and a near-interception on six straight Santiago offensive snaps

... Middle linebacker Junior Epenesa recovers a fumble at his own 19

to stop one Cavalier drive ... End Marc Daniels records a 10-yard

sack ... Gary Gonzalez forces a fumble with his 9-yard sack, though

Santiago recovers ... Epenesa and Qualic Vargas combine to stuff a

running play for a 1-yard loss ... Gonzalez terminates a toss play

for a 5-yard loss ... Cornerback Luis Gonzalez intercepts at his own

1-yard line to thwart a scoring threat ... Gary Gonzalez (low) and

Epenesa (high) combine on a tackle for a 1-yard loss ... Tony

Krikorian lays out for a diving interception at his own 2-yard line

to end Santiago’s final possession ... Kicker Ryan Bagwell makes a

touchdown-saving tackle on a kickoff return.

* NEWPORT HARBOR -- Linebacker Trevor Theriot, with an assist from

tackle Austin Nieto, stops the running back for no gain ... Nieto

pressures the quarterback, forcing an incompletion ... Brian Campos

nearly comes up with a interception off a tipped pass ... Theriot

forces a loss of yards on a running play ... Thomas Martin and a host

of Sailors defenders stop a run for a short gain ... Saami Khalifian

and Peter Hoyt combine on a tackle on a short gain ... Ryan Rippon

plays a swing pass perfectly, throwing the receiver for a 3-yard loss

... Hoyt stops the running back for a short gain ... Martin knocks

down consecutive passes in the end zone, forcing a field goal ...

Nieto, Khalifian and Greg Miner hold the running back to just 1 yard

... Miner puts a big hit on the receiver, causing a drop ... Theriot

stops a running play for 1 yard ... Hoyt and a contingent of

defenders throw the running back for a 4-yard loss.

* ESTANCIA - Donovan Henrikson drills a returner on the opening

kickoff for a mere 2-yard gain and later makes a diving recovery of a

pooch kickoff at the Saddleback 21 ... Linebacker Mike Softa turns in

a sweep and Kalani Teo makes the tackle for a 2-yard loss ... End

Bubba Kapko stuffs a draw for a 5-yard loss ... Gary Strawn makes a

stop for a 1-yard loss near the goal line ... Softa pokes the ball

loose from a ball carrier, then recovers the fumble ... Safety Jason

Johnston returns an interception 30 yards and later bats down a pass

to cause an incompletion ... Strawn stops another run for a 1-yard

loss, then combines with Softa to produce a 3-yard loss on an

off-tackle run ... Linebacker Mike Cahill stops a run for no gain ...

Strawn and Gary Jones combine to nail quarterback for 2-yard loss on

a keeper.