GAMEBUSTERS

GAMESTOPPERS

Last week’s big defensive plays

* ESTANCIA -- Junior cornerback Ezequiel Villavazo jumps in front

of a pass for an interception on the first series of the game ...

Junior linebacker Clayton Mills chases down a running back from

behind for no gain ... Outside linebacker Ryan Sanford has a hard

facemask-to-facemask tackle on a runner for no gain ... Villavazo

breaks on another pass for his second interception in the first

quarter ... Mills drags down a runner from behind for a 4-yard loss

... Mills wraps the quarterback for an 8-yard sack ... Sanford stuffs

a running back for a 1-yard loss ... Linebackers Dave Moreno and Tim

Morley combine to drop a runner for no gain ... Villavazo fights off

a blocker to drop a running back for a 2-yard loss ... Sanford wraps

up quarterback for a 6-yard loss.

* NEWPORT HARBOR -- Senior cornerback Matt Erickson drags down

receiver for no gain ... Erickson punches the ball out of receiver’s

hands for an incompletion ... Erickson wrestles receiver down for no

gain ... James Coder recovers a fumbled punt snap to set up a Newport

touchdown ... Senior end Sean Rowe takes out quarterback’s feet to

force an incompletion ... Senior tackle Kiona Kalama-Dutro collars

quarterback for 8-yard sack ... Erickson returns an interception 42

yards for a touchdown ... Senior outside linebacker Greg Miner causes

a fumble and Rowe jumps on the loose ball to set up a Sailor

touchdown ... Erickson intercepts a pass to halt a Woodbridge

drive... Rowe drags quarterback down from behind for 5-yard sack ...

Senior middle linebacker Thomas Martin flips a runner head-over-heels

for minimum gain ... Erickson lowers shoulder into receiver the

moment the ball arrives to cause a deflection which linebacker Taylor

Young intercepts and races 25 yards for a touchdown ... Pressure by

Rowe forces the QB to throw the ball away ... Martin steps in front

of a pass to force an incompletion ... Coder out jumps a receiver to

come down with an interception.

* CORONA DEL MAR -- Senior cornerback Tom Welch intercepts and

follows blockers nicely for 24-yard touchdown return ... Junior end

Matt Burgner stuffs a run for a 1-yard loss ... Senior linebacker

John Shanahan nails a toss play for a 2-yard loss ... Junior inside

linebacker Shaun Mohler smacks a ball carrier on a toss play for a

short gain ... Mohler unleashes another stick on a quarterback keeper

that loses a yard ... Sophomore Dio Johnson nails quarterback on a

shotgun scramble for a 2-yard loss.

* SAGE HILL -- Junior noseguard Michael Morgan sacks the

quarterback for an 8-yard loss ... Sophomore outside linebacker Don

Ayres tackles ball carrier for a 7-yard loss ... Junior cornerback

Keya Manshadi intercepts a pass ... Sophomore cornerback Braden Ross

returns an interception 26 yards ... Ayers gets the Lightning’s third

interception to halt a fourth-quarter drive.

* COSTA MESA -- Senior inside linebacker Duaine Wase lowers his

shoulder to drive a running back backward for no gain ... Senior

Jasbir Seewat takes out a running back’s legs for no gain ... Senior

inside linebacker Randy Fea is the first of a host of defenders to

converge on a running back for a 1-yard loss ... Senior safety

Jamison Morris lowers his shoulder on a receiver to force an

incompletion ... Junior tackle Juan Diaz wraps up a running back for

a 2-yard loss ... Senior outside linebacker Jeff Waldron drops a

runner for a 1-yard loss to force a punt ... Senior end Andrew

Sanford stands up a running back for no gain.