GAMEBUSTERS
High school football plays of 30 yards or more
46 -- James Coder (Newport Harbor) pass from Tom Jackson
45 -- Jarrett Daniel (Newport Harbor) pass from Tom Jackson
30 -- Ryan Rippon (Newport Harbor) kickoff return
GAMESTOPPERS
* NEWPORT HARBOR: Senior safety James Coder makes touchdown-saving tackle after a long run ... On three successive plays after Valencia had second-and-goal at the 3-yard line: Senior end Jayme Ohlhaver and senior cornerback Fernando Lara combine to stuff run for no gain; senior tackle Bryan Fiske and junior middle linebacker Nick Frazier stuff a run for no gain; and senior outside linebacker Billy Brown tackles a running back for no gain to complete goal-line stand and end Tigers’ first possession ... Senior outside linebacker David Rosales and senior strong safety Brett Green combine to nail a receiver for 1-yard loss ... Rosales coils and delivers a big hit to the chest of a quarterback after a short scramble ... Lara maintains position on a receiver to force incomplete pass ... Senior Jack Tracy blocks a punt, giving Newport possession at the Tigers’ 49-yard line ... Junior end Mike Calabrese swats the ball out of scrambling quarterback’s hands and Brown recovers at the Valencia 10 to set up Sailors’ first touchdown ... Lara delivers a perfect form tackle to stop ballcarrier in his tracks after a short pass completion ... Keith Eldridge chases down ballcarrier to make touchdown-saving tackle at the 2-yard line ... Scott Andrews deflects pass just as it leaves quarterback’s hand, causing an incompletion ... Ohlhaver leads pack of tacklers to halt run for no gain ... Lara pounces on a receiver immediately after a third-down reception to force a punt ... Ryan Uhl penetrates to disrupt blocking and Ohlhaver makes tackle to stop running play for 1-yard loss ... Lara makes shoestring tackle on third down to limit run after catch and force a punt ... Rosales breaks up a pass, nearly intercepting ... Calabrese bats a pass as it leaves quarterback’s hands to produce an incompletion ... Lara halts a lateral pass for a 1-yard loss ... Lara, diverted by a juke move, thrusts leg into path of ballcarrier to make a tackle and limit a run after a catch ... Coder returns an interception 13 yards to terminate Tigers’ final possession and seal the victory.
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