GAMEBUSTERS

GAMESTOPPERS

Last week’s big defensive plays

* ESTANCIA -- Donovan Henrickson makes a touchdown-saving tackle

... Senior end Dave Moreno recovers an Ocean View fumble near

midfield ... Inside linebackers Daniel Cheesboro and Alex Sotomayor

converge on ballcarrier for no gain ... Senior tackle Ian Morton

nails an option keeper for a 1-yard loss ... Cheesboro comes off the

edge to record an 11-yard sack ... Morton stops a ballcarrier in his

tracks for a 1-yard gain near the goal line ... Junior outside

linebacker Clayton Mills halts an option keeper for a 3-yard loss ...

Junior end Nelson Leon nearly sacks quarterback for a safety, but

does force an incompletion ... Senior safety Ryan Sanford delivers

blanket coverage on a back in the flat to cause an incomplete pass

... Morton leads a group of tacklers on a stop for loss of 1 yard ...

Mills’ sure tackle produces a 3-yard loss on a fly sweep ... Senior

outside linebacker Bryce McKendry blitzes to collect a 9-yard sack,

then, on next play after a penalty, joins Moreno and Ricky Montgomery

on a 6-yard sack ... Mills and a group of teammates stop a run for a

1-yard loss ... Sanford records a 6-yard sack ... Senior Tom Fryslie

brings quarterback to his knees for a 3-yard sack, which also prompts

an intentional-grounding penalty on Ocean View ... Morton gets his

hand on a short pass to cause an incompletion.

* CORONA DEL MAR -- Junior inside linebacker Shaun Mohler swats

down a pass for an incompletion ... Senior linebacker John Shanahan

is leads a gang of tacklers to stuff a run for no gain ... Junior end

Matt Burgner slams into a running back for a 2-yard loss ... Junior

outside linebacker Austin Brawner pushes a runner out of bounds on a

fake punt ... Safety Kevin Welch creeps up for run support to stuff a

running back at the line ... Safety Wess Presson puts tight coverage

on a receiver to force an incomplete pass ... Senior cornerback David

Del Fante drops a running back for a 3-yard loss on an option play

... Senior end Taylor Meehan and senior tackle Taylor Storm pressure

the quarterback into rolling out of the pocket and throwing the ball

away ... Burgner and Shanahan combine for an 8-yard sack ... Shanahan

slices through the offensive line to take down a running back for a

4-yard loss ... Shanahan stuffs a run for a 3-yard loss ... Defensive

back Tom Welch breaks up a pass ... Brawner leads host of defenders

to smother a running back for a 2-yard loss ... Kevin Welch has

perfect timing to step in front of a pass to force an incompletion

... Del Fante supplies great run support by lowering his shoulder

into a runner for a 2-yard loss ... Mohler pressures the quarterback

into an incomplete pass ... Mohler stuffs a runner at the line ...

Senior linebacker Michael Peters drops a running back for no gain to

force a punt ... Senior safety Paul McGovern bats down a pass ...

Sophomore safety Nick Reese gives tight coverage to force an

incomplete pass ... Sophomore linebacker Matt Lutton twirls a running

back for a 7-yard loss ... Junior lineman Glenn Smith wraps up a

runner at the line.

* SAGE HILL -- Junior lineman Brandon David hits the quarterback

causing him to fumble, then recovers and runs 21 yards for a

touchdown ... Sophomore cornerback Braden Ross tackles a running back

for an 8-yard loss ... Senior lineman Bryan Forrest smashes

ballcarrier in the backfield for a 1-yard loss ... Forrest tackles

punter on fourth down, giving the Lightning first-and-goal at the

Silver Lake 1 ... Sophomore linebacker Don Ayers sacks the

quarterback for a 13-yard loss ... Junior Bryan Kornswiet gets yet

another sack for the Lightning ... Freshman linebacker Dylan Milstein

makes a tackle for a 9-yard loss.

* NEWPORT HARBOR -- Outside linebacker Trevor Theriot sacks the

quarterback for a 9-yard loss on the first play from scrimmage ...

End Saami Khalifian forces the quarterback out of bounds for a 1-yard

loss ... Theriot and Khalifian combine to take down a running back

for a 1-yard loss ... Khalifian brings down a scrambling quarterback

near the line ... Inside linebacker Thomas Martin stuffs a running

back for no gain ... Tackle Ryan Uhl hits a running back low for a

1-yard loss ... Tackle Kaiona Kalama-Dutro swats down a pass at the

line ... Khalifian and Martin drop a running back near the line ...

Cornerback Matt Erickson steps in front of a wide receiver screen for

an interception ... Kalama-Dutro drops a running back for a 1-yard

loss ... Erickson positions himself under a lob pass for an

interception that sets up a touchdown ... Jasen Ruiz knocks a kick

returner backward ... Linebacker Taylor Young hits a running back at

the line ... Young and Martin combine to hold a running back to no

gain on a goal-line stand ... On the next play, Martin and Khalifian

deny a running back for no gain to force a field-goal try ... Alex

Orth blocks the field goal for a turnover ... Khalifian stops a

running back at the line ... Kalama-Dutro and Khalifian tackle a

runner for a 3-yard loss ... Erickson tackles a runner for no gain

... Erickson breaks up a pass in the end zone ... Khalifian causes

and recovers a fumble late in the fourth quarter.

* COSTA MESA -- Senior outside linebacker Jeff Waldron leaps to

make an interception on fourth down and returns it 5 yards to the

Mustangs’ 39-yard line ... Waldron also bats down two passes ...

Junior defensive tackle Juan Diaz recovers a Saddleback fumble ...

Mesa’s starting defensive front of Diaz, Bryce Carich, Andrew Sanford

and Osmar Espenoza helps limit Saddleback tailback Chris Washington

to 55 yards on 18 carries, just more than 3 yards per attempt ...

Washington entered the game averaging 4.5 yards a carry ... Diaz

drops ballcarriers for 2- and 1-yard losses ... Sanford nails

ballcarrier for a 3-yard loss.