GAMEBUSTERS

High school football plays of 30 yards or more

 84 – Antwon Byrd (Costa Mesa) touchdown run

 66 – Antwon Byrd (Costa Mesa) touchdown run

 59 – Carlos Mendez (Estancia) run

 54 – Alex Abalos (Estancia) kickoff return

 46 – JB Green (Newport Harbor) touchdown pass from Andrew McDonald

 43 – Antwon Byrd (Costa Mesa) touchdown pass from Todd Davis

 41 – Michael Helfrich (Newport Harbor) run

 37 – Andrew Boehm (Corona del Mar) field goal

 35 – Dillan Freiberg (Newport Harbor) field goal

 33 – Cecil Whiteside (Newport Harbor) pass from Andrew McDonald

 30 – Cecil Whiteside (Newport Harbor) TD pass from Andrew McDonald

GAMESTOPPERS

Top defensive plays

 COSTA MESA – Junior linebacker Nick Haynes and senior linebacker Jeff Dye lead a convergence of Mustangs to stop a run for no gain ... Haynes and senior linebacker Nick Pederson combine on a two-yard sack ... Senior free safety Christian Argumedo intercepts a pass ... Haynes collects a one-yard sack ... Senior end Jason Schroeder posts a one-yard sack ... junior middle linebacker Brian Waldron intercepts a pass ... Sophomore linebacker Gilbert Quinones registers a five-yard sack.

 NEWPORT HARBOR – Junior noseguard Zack Moghaddam tackles ballcarrier for three-yard loss on screen pass … Senior cornerback Danny Miller intercepts a pass in the end zone …Senior end Scott Ward records a three-yard sack … Senior outside linebacker Ned Lyon recovers a fumble on the opponent’s 30 … Senior inside linebacker Nick Svendsen delivers big hit to break up a would-be completion … Senior strong safety Michael Helfrich recovers a fumble on opponent’s 23 … Sophomore end JB Salem stops running back for no gain … Junior outside linebacker Cecil Whiteside and senior inside linebacker Brandon Kula combine to halt a run for a two-yard loss … Whiteside gets a one-yard sack on fourth down.

 CORONA DEL MAR – Junior inside linebacker Alex Swigert recovers a fumble at the Villa Park 32-yard line that leads to a field goal ... Senior outside linebacker Max Haase records a seven-yard sack ... Junior outside ’backer Justin Tam leads a group of tacklers to halt a run for no gain ... Tam collects a 10-yard sack ... Tam stuffs an off-tackle play for a one-yard loss ... Senior cornerback Noah Molnar has a near-interception to break up a pass attempt ... Senior inside linebacker Dutch Lamons makes the first hit and senior cornerback Dillon Norton chimes in to stop a toss play for no gain ... Tam drills a receiver to break up a would-be pass completion ... Norton deflects a pass to cause an incompletion ... Tam’s pass rush causes a hurried throw that falls incomplete ... Tam’s blanket pass coverage leads to an incompletion ... Swigert blitzes to record a sack on fourth-and-two at the CdM five-yard line, forcing a fumble recovered by senior end Will Ham ... Molnar’s coverage leads to an incomplete pass on fourth down.

 ESTANCIA – Sophomore end Omar Gutierrez drops quarterback for eight-yard loss ... Junior free safety Alec Kirshner makes a touchdown-saving tackle at the three-yard line ... Kirshner and senior linebacker Fermin Marquez combine to stop ballcarrier just short of goal line ... Gutierrez stops ballcarrier for no gain inside the one-yard line ... Senior cornerback Jason Moreno breaks up a pass in the end zone ... Senior lineman Ryan Longoria records a one-yard sack … Longoria and Gutierrez combine on a three-yard sack ...Junior outside linebacker Bryan Linares and sophomore linebacker Eduardo Lopez stop ballcarrier for no gain.

 SAGE HILL – Sophomore end TJ Danner and senior end Craig Jackson combine on a six-yard sack ... Danner tackles ballcarrier for no gain ... Griffin Davis takes down running back for no gain ... Jackson halts a run for no gain ... Senior strong safety Justin Barbour returns an interception 29 yards ... Junior middle linebacker Brendan Killaly pressures the quarterback to force an incomplete pass ... Davis tackles a receiver for a one-yard loss ... Jackson forces a fumble ... Danner and junior tackle Adam Donchess share a three-yard sack ... Freshman free safety Taylor Petty intercepts a pass.

— From staff reports