Gamebusters

LAST WEEK’S HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYS OF 30 YARDS OR MORE

* 71 -- Keola Asuega (Costa Mesa) touchdown run.

* 57 -- Spencer Link (Newport Harbor) punt return for touchdown.

* 56 -- Keola Asuega (Costa Mesa) touchdown run.

* 48 -- Lewis Bradshaw (Estancia) run.

* 44 -- Nate Hunter (Costa Mesa) kickoff return.

* 37 -- Nate Hunter (Costa Mesa) field goal.

* 31 -- Nate Hunter (Costa Mesa) field goal.

GAMESTOPPERS

Last week’s big defensive plays

* COSTA MESA -- Junior end Marc Daniels sacks Chaminade

quarterback for a 10-yard loss on third-and-two ...Senior noseguard

Borotha Pov shares a quarterback sack with Daniels ... Pov wraps up a

ball carrier a 2-yard loss in the fourth quarter... Outside

linebacker Nate Hunter stops the tailback for a 4-yard loss ... Free

safety Tyler Waldron bats down pass on fourth-and-five to seal the

victory... Cornerback Al Rodriguez breaks up a pass to help force a

punt ... Rodriguez also smothers ball carrier for a 5-yard loss ...

Lineman Andrew Carich, inside linebacker Cole Edwards, end Luke

Sapolu and middle linebacker Junior Epenesa swarm Chaminade ball

carriers all night and Epenesa flushes quarterback out of the pocket

multiple times.

* NEWPORT HARBOR -- End Mac Posey sacks a scrambling quarterback

for a 1-yard sack ... Thomas Martin makes a big hit to stop a kickoff

return ... Safety Dartangan Johnson stuffs an off tackle play for a

2-yard loss ... Tackle Chase Brawner wraps up a ball carrier for a

1-yard loss ... Bryce Sawyer forces a fumble that bounces out of

bounds ... End Shahan Mouradyan blows up the dive back, forcing a

fumble that is recovered by Posey to set up a field goal ...

Noseguard Austin Nieto records a sack for a 7-yard loss, then, two

plays later, combines with outside linebacker Matt Encinias for a

4-yard sack ... Posey sniffs out a screen pass and hauls down

receiver for no gain ... Brawner and Mouradyan combine to record a

1-yard sack ... Rhett Hartsfield blocks a 35-yard field-goal attempt

... Posey and Nieto share the Tars’ fifth and final sack.

* CORONA DEL MAR -- K.C. Rawlins tackles the Troy punter for a

loss that set up the Sea Kings’ go-ahead touchdown ... Senior inside

linebacker Matt Cooper intercepts a pass and returns it 12 yards to

put the Sea Kings at the Troy 28-yard line in the fourth quarter ...

Senior defensive end Joseph Carr delivers a hard hit on the

quarterback that causes an incomplete pass ... Carr also has a tackle

for a 1-yard loss ... senior noseguard Jayson Skalla hurries the

quarterback, who throws it away ... Brian Dunn and Jeff Reed team up

for a stop for no gain ... Cornerback Jonathan Hubbard breaks up a

deep pass late in the fourth quarter ... Cornerback Mark Cianciulli

breaks up a fourth-down deep pass 10 seconds before halftime.

* ESTANCIA -- Landon Pulizzi stops a running back for no gain on

Cenury’s first offensive play ... Pulizzi, Marco Villalvazo and Mike

Cahill combine to record a 3-yard loss ... Cahill, a junior inside

linebacker, and Javy Ramirez team up to shut down a ball carrier for

no gain ... Bryce McKendry plugs up a hole to stop a run for no gain

... McKendry also adds a sack for minus-3 yards in the fourth quarter

with an assist from Bubba Kapko ... Cahill throws a ball carrier for

a 3-yard loss.