GAMEBUSTERS
(High school football plays of 30 yards or more)
82 – Mario Smith (Costa Mesa) kickoff return for touchdown
80 – Jazz Hill (Estancia) touchdown pass from Brad Wilson
72 – Robert Murtha (Estancia) run
70 – Ford Hanour (Sage Hill) fumble return for touchdown
63 – Eric Cheng (Sage Hill) touchdown pass from Taylor Petty
56 – Alex Trancoso (Estancia) run
52 – Vince Aqueveque (Newport Harbor) TD pass from Cole Blower
46 – Dan Cabrera (Estancia) field goal
43 – Dan Cabrera (Estancia) field goal
38 – Thomas Fenner (Sage Hill) pass from Taylor Petty
37 – Mario Smith (Costa Mesa) touchdown run
36 – Taylor Petty (Sage Hill) run
33 – Erik Fisher (Corona del Mar) run
32 – Cole Cottrell (Corona del Mar) pass from Brent Lawson
31 – Jordan Walden (Costa Mesa) pass from Nathan Alvis
30 – Troy Reese (Corona del Mar) touchdown pass from Brent Lawson
GAMESTOPPERS
(Top defensive plays)
COSTA MESA – Junior outside linebacker Noah JeyaRajah produces a five-yard sack … Junior linebacker Justin Smith drops runner for a four-yard loss … Junior tackle Jake Martin stops run for a thee-yard loss … Senior end Jake Comer crunches quarterback and forces fumble inside 10-yard line and JeyaRajah scoops up the ball and returns it for a touchdown … Senior cornerback Jordan Walden drags down ballcarrier for a three-yard loss … JeyaRajah and Smith sniff out reverse and smother ballcarrier for a three-yard loss … Senior cornerback Josue Castaneda makes a touchdown-saving tackle … Walden stops run for no gain on third-and-short … Senior cornerback Marcus Hayes intercepts a pass … Smith halts quarterback keeper for a three-yard loss ... Junior linebacker Jose Villapondo, senior tackle Kevin Salyer, senior noseguard Charles Mankin and Comer gang-tackle quarterback for no gain on final play of first half … Villapondo and Smith combine to stop run for no gain ... Comer and Mankin team to drop running back for a two-yard loss on fourth down … JeyaRajah nails ballcarrier for a two-yard loss … Senior lineman Jesus Macedonic gets a seven-yard sack.
CORONA DEL MAR – Junior end Tim Reinhardt stuffs a run for no gain … Senior linebacker Frasier Anderson slams down ballcarrier for a one-yard loss … Senior linebacker Aaron White stuffs a run for a three-yard loss … White bats down a pass … White and Reinhardt stop a run for a two-yard loss … Reinhardt recovers a fumble … Sophomore Alex Moore recovers a muffed kickoff, giving CdM possession on the Irvine 23-yard line … Senior safety Kyle Sherburne returns an interception 17 yards … Anderson leads a group of tacklers to stuff a run for no gain … Senior Alex Beyrooty, Moore and senior John Swigert combine to stuff a run for no gain.
ESTANCIA – Senior end Andy Ugalde pressures quarterback who throws an incomplete pass … Junior cornerback Levi Stillman nails a receiver for no gain … Senior tackle Alipa Peters recovers a fumble to set up a field goal … Peters recovers a second fumble, which leads to a field goal … Stillman breaks up a pass in coverage … Peters and friends stuff a run for no gain … Junior outside linebacker Deionte Haywood halts a screen pass for a two-yard loss … Senior inside linebackers Ozzy Magana and Alex Rodriguez combine for a two-yard sack … Senior end Gabriel Carpio yanks down ballcarrier for a two-yard loss … Junior linebacker Colby Koste halts a run for no gain … Junior tackle Kevin Peters leads group of tacklers to stop a run for no gain … Koste stops ballcarrier for no gain … Ugalde records 11-yard sack … Koste stops a run for no gain … Stillman’s blanket coverage in the end zone results in an incomplete pass … Magana and friends swarm ballcarrier for no gain … Senior defensive back Alex Tenno upends ballcarrier for no gain.
SAGE HILL – Senior outside linebacker David Fenner stops ballcarrier at two-yard line on two-point run attempt … Senior end Ford Hanour recovers a fumble and returns it 70 yards for a touchdown on a sack by Fenner … Hanour returns an interception 25 yards for a touchdown … Fenner stops a run short on fourth-and-two … Fenner records a sack … Freshman Beau Roth makes a huge hit on a kickoff return … Roth recovers an onside kick with less than three minutes left in the game … Junior end Thomas Fenner forces an incomplete pass on third down.
NEWPORT HARBOR – Senior end Dalton Jensen drops running back for a two-yard loss … Sophomore lineman Ramsey Hufford pressures the quarterback into throwing the ball away … Senior end Steve Michaelsen harasses the quarterback, who throws an incomplete pass … Jensen pressures the quarterback into throwing an incomplete pass … Senior linebacker Ethan Cochran and Jensen force the quarterback into an intentional-grounding penalty … Junior safety Zach Wade almost intercepts a pass right before halftime … Hufford stuffs a run for no gain … Wade recovers a fumble.
— From staff reports