GAMEBUSTERS

GAMESTOPPERS

Last week’s big defensive plays

* ESTANCIA -- Senior tackle Ian Morton tackles running back for a

minimal gain ... On the next play, Morton pressures the quarterback

into throwing an incomplete pass ... Senior cornerback Geo Macias

returns an interception to the Magnolia 20-yard line to set up a

touchdown ... Senior linebacker Mike Courtney returns a fumble

41-yards for a touchdown ... Senior linebacker Ryan Sanford stuffs a

run for a 2-yard loss ... Senior inside linebacker Alex Sotomayor

pounds the running back near the line ... Morton pressures

quarterback into incompletion ... Junior linebacker Clayton Mills

hits a receiver to break up a pass ... Sanford drops ball carrier for

no gain ... Senior safety Ricky Montgomery tackles receiver short of

a first on fourth down ... Montgomery picks up a running back and

slams him to the ground ... Senior tackle Ivan Izar drops a back for

a 2-yard loss ... Mills makes a big hit on a running back ... Macias

returns an interception 64 yards to the 1 to set up a TD.

* CORONA DEL MAR -- Senior linebacker Shaun Mohler tackles a

running back for no gain ... Senior safety Kevin Welch lays a big hit

to stop a ball carrier in his tracks ... Senior cornerback Matt Busch

intercepts a pass that is later cashed in for a touchdown ... Senior

end Carlos Corrales tackles a back for a 2-yard loss to force a

turnover on downs ... Corrales tackles a running back for no gain ...

Junior tackle John Fairbanks stuffs a run for no gain ... Presson

recovers a fumble near midfield that leads to a CdM TD ... Corrales

recovers a fumble on the Costa Mesa 23.

* NEWPORT HARBOR -- Senior middle linebacker Trevor Theriot knives

into the backfield to stuff a run for a 1-yard loss ... Senior safety

Alex Orth intercepts a pass tipped by a receiver and returns it 32

yards for a touchdown ... Blitzing outside ‘backer Greg Miner tackles

a ball carrier for a 3-yard loss ... Senior tackle Kaiona

Kalama-Dutro trips up quarterback to halt a promising scramble and

force a punt ... Miner drills the quarterback just after he releases

a pass to help force an incompletion ... Senior Michael Turnbull

drills a kickoff returner after a short gain ... Junior tackle Ryan

Uhl slings quarterback down for a 6-yard sack and Kalama-Dutro adds a

sack of his own for a 5-yard loss.

* SAGE HILL -- Sophomore cornerback Braden Ross stops a ball

carrier for a 4-yard loss ... Freshman strong safety Jamie McGee

makes a touchdown-saving tackle on a receiver. Four plays later,

freshman linebacker Dylan Milstein forces a fumble that teammate

Bryan Kornsweit recovers ... McGee also intercepts a pass, making the

grab while backpedaling ... Junior end Michael Morgan sacks the

Midway quarterback for a 10-yard loss, causing a fumble that teammate

Jimmy O’Hare recovers... Junior tackle Brandon David sacks

quarterback for 2-yard loss ... Morgan Brief blocks a PAT attempt.

* COSTA MESA -- Junior linebacker Cameron Wynglarz stops a running

back for a short gain ... Senior linebacker Jasbir Seewat drops the

running back for a 1-yard loss ... Wynglarz blitzes to nail ball

carrier for a 1-yard loss ... Senior linebacker Jeff Waldron tackles

the running back for no gain to keep Corona del Mar out of the end

zone ... On the next play, Waldron pushes the runner back for a

1-yard loss to end the second quarter ... Waldron tackles the running

back for a minimal gain ... Junior defensive tackle Juan Diaz tackles

the running back for a 3-yard loss ... Senior linebacker Adam

Golbiewski recovers a fumble.