High School Football: GAMEBUSTERS
(High school football plays of 30 yards or more)
66 – Quest Truxton (Newport Harbor) touchdown pass from Zach Wade
61 – Markiece Traylor (Costa Mesa) TD pass from Noah JeyaRajah
54 – Markiece Traylor (Costa Mesa) TD pass from Noah JeyaRajah
47 – Charlie Griffin (Corona del Mar) interception return
46 – Robert Murtha (Estancia) touchdown run
36 – Thomas Fenner (Sage Hill) touchdown pass from Harrison Ray
36 – Justin Smith (Costa Mesa) touchdown run
36 – Markiece Traylor (Costa Mesa) TD pass from Noah JeyaRajah
35 – Markiece Traylor (Costa Mesa) kickoff return
33 – Luke Napolitano (Corona del Mar) field goal
33 – Harrison Ray (Sage Hill) punt return
31 – Landon Gyulay (Newport Harbor) kickoff return
31 – Justin Smith (Costa Mesa) run
30 – Cory Stowell (Newport Harbor) touchdown pass from Zach Wade
GAMESTOPPERS
COSTA MESA – Senior end Anthony McCormick and senior linebacker Erick Diaz combine to stuff a run for a four-yard loss ... Senior safety Markiece Traylor stops a screen pass for a two-yard loss ... Junior noseguard Marco Zalpa halts a run for a three-yard loss ... Senior end Jose Villalpondo stuffs a run for no gain ... McCormick and senior linebacker Rudy Aguirre stop running back for no gain ... McCormick produces a three-yard sack ... Junior tackle Joseph Quiroz breaks up a screen pass ... Senior linebacker Noah JeyaRajah stops a pitch for a one-yard loss ... Quiroz recovers a fumble ... Aguirre and Villalpondo stuff a run for a one-yard loss ... Villalpondo and Quiroz combine on a two-yard sack ... Diaz intercepts a pass in the final minute.
ESTANCIA – Senior defensive back Edwin Medero breaks up an underthrown pass, nearly intercepting it ... Senior end Matt Jarmacz and senior end Brandon Sii combine to stuff a run for a four-yard loss ... Jarmacz collects a five-yard sack ... Junior linebacker Jackson Letterman gets a four-yard sack ... Senior lineman Bryan Arriola and Letterman stop a screen pass for no gain ... Senior safety DeionTe Haywood breaks up a long pass on fourth down ... Senior tackle Mackenzie Collins stuffs a run for a three-yard loss ... Medero breaks up a pass ... Sophomore end Michael Hubbard halts a run for no gain ... Hubbard stops another run for a two-yard loss ... Senior lineman Dan Cabrera pressures the quarterback in the end zone, causing a hurried throw that Haywood intercepts and returns four yards for a touchdown ... Senior cornerback Levi Stillman breaks up a pass ... Senior end Alex Haeger and Hubbard pair up on a six-yard sack ... Sophomore end Kevin Valencia pushes ballcarrier out of bounds for a one-yard loss.
NEWPORT HARBOR – Senior linebackers Talalelei Teaupa and Marty Taylor stuff running back for a one-yard loss … Junior tackle Ramsey Hufford pressures the quarterback into throwing the ball away … Senior end Donovan Acadine unloads on back for a two-yard loss … Senior cornerback Landon Gyulay deflects a pass in the corner of the end zone … Senior safety Zach Wade stops an end around for no gain … Taylor stops a run for a one-yard loss … Junior defensive back Garrett Hall and Hufford combine to halt a run for a one-yard loss … Wade drops ballcarrier for a two-yard loss … Senior defensive back Derek Kula jars the ball from a receiver’s hands on an incompletion … Gyulay breaks up a pass … Junior defensive back Quest Truxton returns an interception 18 yards … Senior linebacker Alex Flores drops ballcarrier for a four-yard loss … Sophomore defensive back Keaton Cablay tackles runner for a four-yard loss.
CORONA DEL MAR – Junior safety Charlie Griffin returns an interception 47 yards to the one-yard line … Griffin breaks up pass in the flat … Senior end Tim Reinhardt pressures the quarterback into a hurried throw … Senior linebacker James Christian stops the tailback for no gain … Sophomore linebacker Barrett Barbato intercepts a tipped pass.
SAGE HILL – Junior linebacker Will Burns leaps to tip a pass, causing an incompletion ... Senior safety Harrison Ray blocks a PAT attempt ... Burns recovers a fumble ... Junior nose tackle Thomas Fenner stops a run for no gain ... Fenner recovers a fumble ... Junior lineman Griffin McCalla and senior lineman Nick Francoeur stuff a run for a three-yard loss ... McCalla produces a three-yard sack.
— From staff reports