Gamebusters

GAMESTOPPERS

Last week’s big defensive plays

* NEWPORT HARBOR -- On the first series, senior defensive end

Peter Hoyt holds the running back to a gain of one yard, throws him

for a loss of a yard on another play and recovers a fumble ... Junior

linebacker Thomas Martin clotheslines the running back for a

five-yard loss ... Junior linebacker Greg Miner makes an open-field

tackle on a quarterback draw, preventing a first down ... Senior

cornerback Brian Campos intercepts a pass and returns it 27 yards,

setting up a scoring opportunity ... Junior defensive end Saami

Khalifian knocks the ball out of the quarterback’s hand as he

attempts to throw, causing an incompletion ... Ryan Rippon makes a

touchdown-saving tackle on the final play of the first half ...

Pressure from Khalifian forces an incompletion ... Miner sacks the

quarterback for a 10-yard loss after a picture-perfect blitz ... Alex

Orth makes the stop and a short pass play.

* COSTA MESA -- Jeff Waldron bats down a pass attempt on Orange’s

first play from scrimmage ... Junior Epenesa stops the ball carrier

for a gain of just 1 yard ... Al Rodriguez, Gary Gonzalez and Luis

Gonzalez combine to make a stop in the flat, preventing a gain ...

Luis Gonzalez sniffs out a swing pass and throws the receiver for a

2-yard loss ... Tony Krikorian knocks away a pass on fourth down ...

Gary Gonzalez, Rodriguez and Cameron Wynglarz stop the ball carrier

for no gain ... Waldron and a host of Mustangs toss the running back

for a 1-yard loss ... Gary Gonzalez halts the ball carrier after a

1-yard gain, assisted by Brett Via ... Eric Reyes stops a running

play for no gain on fourth down ... Wynglarz makes a stop for just a

short gain ... Luis Gonzalez and Rodriguez combine to stop the ball

carrier for no gain.

* CORONA DEL MAR -- Outside linebacker Austin Brawner knives

through to make a 7-yard sack ... Safety David Del Fante smartly bats

down a fourth-down pass near the sideline, when an interception would

have lost about 20 yards of field position ... Linebacker Tyler Lance

and tackle John Fairbanks combine to stop a run for a 1-yard loss ...

Matt Busch nabs the quarterback on a keeper for a 2-yard loss ... Del

Fante intercepts and returns it 17 yards to the Calvary Chapel 32 to

set up a short touchdown drive ... Matt Burgner collects the first of

his two blocked punts, setting up a field goal ... Fairbanks bats

down a pass at the line, then, two plays later, lifts and throws a

running back backward after a short gain ... David Yi and Colin

Wigely procure late interceptions to protect the lead.

* ESTANCIA -- Senior linebacker Bubba Kapko corrals a running

back for a 5-yard loss ... End Chad Sherrell tackles running back for

no gain ... Sophomore cornerback Kalani Teo skies high to intercept a

20-yard pass and holds on to the ball as he falls to the ground ...

Senior linebacker Mike Cahill stuffs a run for a 1-yard loss ...

Senior Gary Jones puts down the quarterback for a 2-yard sack ...

Cahill delivers a bone-crushing hit near his team’s sideline,

stopping a run on a fake punt that came up well short of a first

down.

* SAGE HILL -- Sophomore defensive end Michael Morgan drops a

running back for a 7-yard loss ... Sophomore cornerback Nick Sohl

makes a touchdown-saving tackle on a wide receiver at the Sage Hill

1-yard line, forcing Sherman Indian to turn the ball over on downs

... Junior defensive end Brian Forrest and senior Marcel Sohl team up

on a 1-yard loss ... Sophomore defensive tackle Morgan Brief drops

ball carriers for 1- and 2-yard losses and is in on several tackles

... Senior safety Eddie Huang jars the ball loose form a running

back.