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Last week’s big defensive plays

* NEWPORT HARBOR -- End Saami Khalifian scoops up a fumble and

returns it 41 yards for a touchdown ... Tackle Kaiona Kalama-Dutro

wrangles down a runner for a 1-yard loss ... End Sean Rowe and

linebacker Greg Miner hit the quarterback from behind to cause an

incompletion ... Senior cornerback Grant Casserly runs across the

field to make a touchdown-saving tackle ... Rowe wraps up a runner

for no gain ... Miner sniffs out the screen and drops the receiver

for a 1-yard loss ... Senior cornerback Matt Erickson is in perfect

position to break up a long pass attempt ... Senior defensive back

Alex Orth lowers his shoulder and delivers a big hit to cause a

receiver to drop a pass ... Rowe recognizes the quarterback draw and

drops the runner for a 6-yard loss ... Kalama-Dutro tackles a running

back for no gain ... Khalifian recovers a fumble to set up a Newport

touchdown ... Orth returns an interception 21 yards for a touchdown

... Miner wraps up a runner for no gain ... Khalifian is the first of

multiple defenders to drop a running back for a 3-yard loss ... Miner

and senior middle linebacker Thomas Martin combine to take down a

runner for no gain ... Khalifian wraps a runner in a headlock and

drives him backward for a 4-yard loss.

* SAGE HILL -- Senior Bryan Forrest recovers a fumble ...

Sophomore Braden Ross tackles a runner for a loss.