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Last week’s big defensive plays

* ESTANCIA -- Junior linebacker Clayton Mills intercepts a

fourth-down pass on the Eagles’ 15-yard line, the only time Buena

Park got inside the 20 ... Mills stops a ballcarrier for a 2-yard

loss ...Cornerbacks Ezequiel Villalvazo and Chris Ray each knock away

pass attempts ... Senior linebacker David Moreno sacks quarterback

for 11-yard loss, causing a fumble recovered by Alex Sotomayor ...

Senior lineman Ivan Izar recovers a Buena Park fumble ... Tackle Ian

Morton stops fullback for no gain ... Senior outside linebacker Ryan

Sanford knocks down Buena Park quarterback on an incompletion ...

Sanford and Ricky Montgomery sack quarterback for a 14-yard loss and safety in final minute.

* NEWPORT HARBOR -- Seniors Kaiona Kalama-Dutro and Sean Rowe gang

tackle a runner for a loss ... Senior linebacker Greg Miner stops

running back for a minimal gain ... Senior linebacker Trevor Theriot

picks up a running back and slams him to the ground for no gain ...

Miner wraps up a running back and spins him down for a loss ...

Senior safety Alex Orth hits a wide receiver as the ball arrives to

cause the incompletion and bring out the punting unit ... Junior

David Rosales drops a punt returner in his tracks ... Rowe chases the

quarterback to force an intentional-grounding penalty ... Senior

linebacker Taylor Young dives at a running back’s ankles for a 2-yard

loss ... Junior linebacker Billy Brown hits the running back facemask

to facemask to produce a 3-yard loss ... Kalama-Dutro knifes past the

guard to hit the running back at the line of scrimmage ... Brown

pressures the quarterback into an incompletion ... Junior cornerback

James Coder levels the wide receiver as soon as he catches it ...

Kalama-Dutro grabs the shoe of the scrambling quarterback to cause a

sack ... Brown and junior safety Tom Jackson drop a running back for

a 2-yard loss ... Tackle Ryan Uhl stuffs a running back for a 2-yard

loss ... Junior tackle Erik Ray stops ballcarrier for a 2-yard loss.

* CORONA DEL MAR -- Junior linebacker Shaun Mohler halts a run for

a 4-yard loss and, two plays later, recovers a fumble on fourth down

to set up a touchdown ... Senior safety Kevin Welch drives a

ballcarrier backward into the turf with a perfect form tackle and,

two plays later, breaks up a pass in the secondary ... Mohler chases

down a ballcarrier to make a TD-saving tackle ... Senior cornerback

David Del Fante breaks up a pass ... Junior end Matt Burgner makes

first hit on a 2-yard loss and later blocks a punt to set up late

touchdown ... Mohler intercepts a pass to end Troy’s final

possession.

* SAGE HILL -- Junior linebacker Nick Sohl cuts across the middle

for an interception ... Junior cornerback Keya Manshadi recovers a

fumble to halt a fourth-quarter drive ... Junior tackle Morgan Brief

ankle-tackles a ballcarrier for a 2-yard loss ... Brief is also in on

two tackles for no gain and stops a ballcarrier on fourth down, 5

yards shy of a first down ... Tackle Brandon David and middle

linebacker Bryan Kornsweit are in on several tackles.

* COSTA MESA -- Tackle Duaine Wase strips the ballcarrier and

races 54 yards to set up a Mustang touchdown ... Senior linebacker

Jeff Waldron wraps up a scrambling quarterback for a 3-yard sack.