Gamebusters
(Plays of 30 yards or more)
80 – Jacob Copeland (Sage Hill) touchdown pass from Caden Sheetz
79 – Taeveon Le (Corona del Mar) touchdown pass from Chase Garbers
65 – Jonathan Brucales (Costa Mesa) touchdown run
63 – Jacob Copeland (Sage Hill) kickoff return
61 – Konrad O’Daly (Estancia) touchdown pass from Connor Brown
58 – Jack Rapillo (Newport Harbor) punt return for a touchdown
53 – Konrad O’Daly (Estancia) touchdown pass from Connor Brown
52 – Cole Kinder (Newport Harbor) touchdown run
46 – Cameron Kormos (Corona del Mar) interception return for a touchdown
45 – Jacob Copeland (Sage Hill) pass from Caden Sheetz
42 – Miles McCord (Sage Hill) pass from Caden Sheetz
36 – Josh Snipes (Costa Mesa) kickoff return
36 – Josh Snipes (Costa Mesa) punt return
34 – Jason Neiger (Corona del Mar) field goal
31 – Tyler Ross (Estancia) pass from Connor Brown
30 – Cameron Curet (Costa Mesa) touchdown pass from Ben Swanson
GAMESTOPPERS
CORONA DEL MAR – Senior end Dean Ames deflects a pass and it falls incomplete on third down, forcing a punt … Senior lineman Michael Mishow stuffs a run for a one-yard loss … Senior middle linebacker Karl Donovan stops the running quarterback at the line of scrimmage on third-and-one, forcing a punt … Junior cornerback Cameron Kormos intercepts a pass and returns it 46 yards for a touchdown … Junior Thomas Walker recovers the kick returner’s fumble on opponent’s 21 … Ames registers an eight-yard sack … Senior linebacker Brian Chelf recovers a fumble on the opponent’s 41.
COSTA MESA – Senior tackle Helper Kisino recovers a fumbled snap, giving Costa Mesa first-and-goal at the two-yard line ... Junior safety Cody Merrifield stuffs a run for no gain ... Senior linebacker Jonathan Brucales leads a group of tacklers to stop a run for a very short gain ... Senior linebacker Cameron Curet strips the ball and recovers the ensuing fumble ... Junior end Roman Ayala sacks the quarterback, causing a fumble that he recovers ... Brucales and senior nose guard Neru Fesili stop a run for a three-yard loss ... Senior linebacker Sammy Swanson drives back the running back for no gain ... Merrifield sacks the quarterback for an eight-yard loss ... Senior tackle Adrian Plancarte sacks the quarterback for a 20-yard loss after a high snap ... Merrifield breaks up a pass ... Kisino sacks the quarterback for a six-yard loss ... Kisino and Curet sack the quarterback for a five-yard loss ... Merrifield recovers a fumble on the kickoff return to open the second half ... Curet stuffs a run for no gain ... Curet strips the ball from the running back and Brucales recovers ... Curet breaks up a pass ... Swanson sacks the quarterback for a 10-yard loss ... Senior cornerback Josh Snipes intercepts a pass and returns it 23 yards ... Merrifield breaks up and nearly intercepts a pass ... Curet and Kisino stuff a run for a one-yard loss ... Junior cornerback Elijah Collado intercepts a pass ... Ayala and Kisino sack the quarterback for a one-yard loss ... Snipes intercepts a pass.
ESTANCIA – Senior linebacker Omar Gutierrez blows up a pitch run for a four-yard loss ... Senior end Jason Jones leads a group of tacklers to stuff a run for no gain ... Senior safety Konrad O’Daly and senior middle linebacker Alejandro Mondragon stop a keeper for no gain ... Senior linebacker D.J. Davis sacks the quarterback for a five-yard loss ... Davis recovers a fumbled handoff ... Jones sacks the quarterback for an eight-yard loss ... Senior cornerback Anthony Banos intercepts a pass ... Jones stuffs a run for no gain ... Sophomore Hunter Mensinger sacks the quarterback for a six-yard loss ... A big hit by junior safety Tyler Ross blows up a screen pass for a two-yard loss ... Mensinger deflects a pass, causing an incompletion ... O’Daly breaks up a pass ... Tight coverage by Ross causes an incompletion ... O’Daly strips the ball from the quarterback and Mondragon recovers it ... Sophomore Gabriel Marquina jumps a route to make an interception.
NEWPORT HARBOR – Senior tackle Max Spruill hits the quarterback, who throws an incomplete pass … Junior tackle Michael Jarboe sacks the quarterback for a six-yard loss … Junior middle linebacker Gage Roberson produces a three-yard sack on third down, forcing a punt … Junior Alex Pearce partially blocks a punt, which nets 31 yards … Jarboe and Roberson combine to stuff the tailback for a one-yard loss … Senior outside linebacker Dalton Rosene tackles the back for a one-yard loss … Junior cornerback Levi Hooper almost picks off a pass … Senior end Kobe Benter registers an 11-yard sack … Roberson intercepts a pass and returns it 11 yards to the opponent’s 11 … Benter brings down the back for a seven-yard loss … Senior cornerback Jack Rapillo nearly intercepts a pass … Senior end Elliott Frye records a two-yard sack … Junior Tom Phillips blocks a punt in the end zone, resulting in a safety … Frye and Phillips combine to stop the back two yards behind the line of scrimmage … Spruill and Jarboe tackle the back for a one-yard loss … Senior strong safety Reed Rutter stops the receiver for no gain on third down, forcing a punt … Senior defensive back Dominic Komadina almost intercepts a pass … Sophomore linebacker Cole O’Neil picks off a pass and returns it seven yards to the opponent’s 48.
SAGE HILL – Junior tackle Brett Jordan gets the first hit, then senior end Jack Dickinson and senior tackle Barry Valdez join in to stuff a run for a one-yard loss … Dickinson produces a six-yard sack … Senior outside linebacker Alfonso Corona stops a dive play for a two-yard loss … Corona halts a fourth-down dive for a two-yard loss … Dickinson stops and option keeper for a four-yard loss … Corona stuffs a run for a four-yard loss while forcing a fumble that Dickinson recovers to set up a short touchdown drive … Freshman inside linebacker Conner Hatzenbuehler collects a four-yard sack … Junior cornerback Miles McCord breaks up a fourth-down pass … Jordan brings down quarterback for a one-yard loss on an option keeper … Jordan halts an option keeper for a two-yard loss … McCord drills a receiver leaping to attempt to catch a pass that falls incomplete.