GAMEBUSTERS

GAMESTOPPERS

Last week’s big defensive plays

* CORONA DEL MAR -- Senior linebacker Shaun Mohler hits an

offensive lineman so hard in the first quarter, the Eagle’s helmet

comes off ... Senior outside linebacker Austin Brawner returns an

interception 10 yards to kill Estancia’s first possession ... Senior

linebacker Brett Crowley bats down a pass to bring up fourth down ...

Junior end Matt Burgner rushes from the blindside to sack the

quarterback for a 5-yard loss ... Tom Welch, a starter at cornerback,

makes a big hit on the wide receiver in the second quarter ... The

next play, Burgner drags down the quarterback for a loss of 1 ... Two

plays later, Burgner and Crowley stuff the running back for no gain

to bring up fourth-and-one ... Senior Wess Presson returns his

second-quarter interception 11 yards ... John Shanahan makes a

jarring block on a punt return early in the third quarter ... Welch

intercepts a pass on second down to halt a third-quarter Estancia

drive ... Mohler lays into the running back for a loss of 1 ... On

the next play, Taylor Meehan sacks the quarterback on third down to

force a punt ... A blitzing Crowley causes a fourth-quarter fumble,

but the offense retains possession ... Meehan applies pressure and

Burgner gets the sack at the end of the game.

COSTA MESA -- Senior safety Jamison Morris returns a fumble 6

yards to stop Brea Olinda’s second offensive series ... A defensive

holding call in the first quarter cancels a sack by senior outside

linebacker Jasbir Seewat. Seewat forced a fumble on the play that was

recovered by senior outside linebacker Jeff Waldron ... Seewat makes

a big hit on the quarterback to force a fumble in the second quarter

and Juan Diaz jumps on the loose ball at the Brea Olinda 43 ... On

the first play of the second half, Seewat takes down a running back

for a loss of 7 yards ... Two plays later, Diaz recoveries another

fumble, this time on the Brea Olinda 13 ... Diaz’s third fumble

recovery of the game halts another Wildcat drive.

* ESTANCIA -- Senior linebacker Dave Moreno smacks the running

back for a 1-yard loss in the first quarter ... Senior linebacker

Bryce McKendry sacks the quarterback for a 1-yard loss ... Moreno

lays a big hit on the running back to save a touchdown ... Moreno

stuffs the running back for no gain to bring up fourth down ... The

quarterback is pressured and the ball finds its way into the hands of

linebacker Clayton Mills, who starts running for a touchdown. But the

play was ruled an incomplete pass ... On the next play, Mills nails

the quarterback to force an incomplete pass ... Senior tackles Ian

Morton and Mike Jones pressure the quarterback to force an

incompletion ... Ryan Sanford slides on his knees for a

near-interception ... On the next play, Jones and McKendry tackle the

QB for a 2-yard loss ... Jones stuffs a running back for minimal gain

... On the next play, Moreno pursues across the to drag down the QB

... Moreno falls on top of the ball carrier for a 4-yard loss.