GAMEBUSTERS
High school football plays of 30 yards or more
83 – John Galvin (Costa Mesa) kickoff return for touchdown
62 – Dillon Norton (Corona del Mar) punt return
51 – JB Green (Newport Harbor) kickoff return
48 – Jason Moreno (Estancia) interception return for touchdown
46 – Dillon Norton (Corona del Mar) touchdown pass from Mitch Sands
43 – Jeff Dye (Costa Mesa) interception return for touchdown
40 – Antwon Byrd (Costa Mesa) touchdown run
38 – Carlos Mendez (Estancia) run
36 – JB Green (Newport Harbor) pass from Andrew McDonald
36 – Jason Moreno (Estancia) punt return
32 – Craig Jackson (Sage Hill) pass from Randall Mycorn
31 – Max Haase (Corona del Mar) pass from Mitch Sands
30 – Jelani Reynolds (Sage Hill) pass from Randall Mycorn
GAMESTOPPERS
Top defensive plays
CORONA DEL MAR – Senior cornerback Noah Molnar stops running back for a three-yard loss ... Senior inside linebacker Dutch Lamons stuffs a quarterback keeper for no gain ... Pressure from senior noseguard Dan DiChiro causes the quarterback to throw a pass out of bounds ... Senior cornerback Dillon Norton intercepts a tipped pass in the end zone ... Lamons and senior end Will Ham stop running back for a one-yard loss ... Senior strong safety J.D. Abbott intercepts a pass ... Ham tips a pass, resulting in an incompletion ... Senior cornerback Andrew Hicks intercepts a pass ... Good coverage by Abbott helps break up a pass play ... Sophomore end Jimmy Roney stops a run for a yard loss ... Junior linebacker Brett Klein halts a run for no gain.
COSTA MESA – Senior linebacker Jeff Dye drops running back for a four-yard loss … Dye posts a three-yard sack … Senior end Max Cederquist halts ballcarrier for a two-yard loss … Senior cornerback John Galvin tackles a receiver for a two-yard loss … Galvin recovers a muffed punt reception on the opponent’s 15-yard line … Senior outside linebacker Robbie Gemayel pressures quarterback into an incomplete pass … Cederquist’s pressure on the quarterback leads to an incompletion … Junior defensive back Luis Gomez breaks up a pass … Dye returns an interception 43 yards for a touchdown … Senior cornerback Manny Gomez intercepts a pass on Costa Mesa’s four-yard line to end the first half … Sophomore Tyler Scheffner brings down the kick returner on the opponent’s 14 … Cederquist and senior lineman Camilo Enriquez combine for a three-yard sack … Sophomore Ryan Barnett recovers a fumble on the opposition’s 21 … Galvin intercepts a pass in the end zone.
NEWPORT HARBOR – Senior linebacker Nick Svendsen sacks the quarterback for a two-yard loss … Senior cornerback JB Green recovers fumble and returns it 10 yards for a touchdown … Senior linebacker Ned Lyon sacks the quarterback for a two-yard loss … Sophomore defensive back Drew Diller intercepts a pass and returns it 17 yards to the opponent’s 18.
ESTANCIA – Senior cornerback Jason Moreno breaks up a pass … Senior lineman Stephen Culbertson drops running back for a 13-yard loss … Sophomore end Omar Gutierrez recovers a fumble on the opponent’s 20-yard line … Senior tackle Jose Padilla’s pressure forces quarterback to throw an incompletion … Moreno returns an interception 48 yards for a TD … Junior linebacker Josh Dominguez records a seven-yard sack … Junior end Michael Renteria collects a six-yard sack … Senior cornerback Joseph Franco stops receiver for no gain … Renteria and senior lineman Ryan Longoria combine on a four-yard sack … Franco breaks up pass … Gutierrez earns a 13-yard sack … Senior Devon Smith gets a six-yard sack.
NEWPORT HARBOR – Senior inside linebacker Nick Svendsen records a two-yard sack… Senior cornerback JB Green recovers a fumble and returns it 10 yards for a touchdown … Senior outside linebacker Ned Lyon registers a two-yard sack … Sophomore defensive back Drew Diller returns an interception 17 yards to the opponent’s 18-yard line.
SAGE HILL – Junior inside linebacker Brendan Killaly stops a run for no gain ... Junior end Adam Donchess pressures quarterback into throwing an incomplete pass ... Senior middle linebacker Craig Jackson records a seven-yard sack ... Jackson halts a run for no gain ... Junior Griffin Davis chases down a kickoff returner from behind to save a touchdown.
— From staff reports
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