LAST WEEK’S HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYS...

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

* 86 - Erik Williams (Sage Hill) interception return for

touchdown.

* 34 -- Mike Toole (Newport Harbor) pass from Michael McDonald.

GAMESTOPPERS

Last week’s big defensive plays

* NEWPORT HARBOR -- Tackle Chase Brawner leads a pack of tacklers

on a stop for no gain ... Middle linebacker Fernando Castorena nails

ball carriers for losses of 2, 2 and 3 yards and also has one

quarterback pressure ... End Shahan Mouradyan falls on a fumbled

handoff to give the Tars possession ... Noseguard Austin Nieto

records a 3-yard sack ... End Mac Posey recovers a fumble to set up

game’s first touchdown ... Safety Warren Junowich closes quickly to

stop a completion for a short gain ... Castorena throws a receiver to

the ground for a 10-yard loss after Mouradyan’s pressure forces dump

pass to the flat ... Outside ‘backer Peter Hoyt sacks the quarterback

for 5-yard loss ... Posey collects quarterback for a 9-yard sack.

* CORONA DEL MAR -- Cornerback Mordy Ornguze breaks quickly on

receiver to help force an incompletion ... Middle linebacker Matt

Cooper stops a dive play for 1 yard ... Tackle Jayson Skalla stuffs

an off-tackle play for no gain ... Inside linebacker Jason Kidushim

saves a big gain by making an open-field tackle on a screen pass ...

Cornerback Daniel Marin-Finn provides blanket coverage to insure an

incompletion ... Ends John Daley and Joseph Carr, as well as Skalla

converge to nail ball carrier for a 2-yard loss ... Marin-Finn breaks

up a pass with strong coverage ... Daley stops a quarterback draw for

no gain ... Ornguze collars a kick returner on a violent tackle ...

Safety K.C. Rawlins fills to stop a toss play for no gain ...

Marin-Finn bats down another pass in the secondary ... Cornerback

Wess Presson stops a third-down pass short of a first down ...

Rawlins leaps to bat down a long pass near his goal line ... Outside

‘backer Kris Cooper stops fullback for no gain.

* COSTA MESA -- Noseguard Borotha Pov yanks down quarterback for

an 8-yard sack ... Cornerback Luis Gonzalez provides strong coverage

to deny completion ... Linebackers Junior Epenesa and Nate Hunter

drop into seam to prevent pass to the tight end ... Gonzalez

intercepts a tipped pass and returns it 14 yards to set up Mesa’s

lone touchdown.

* ESTANCIA -- Safety Louis Valdes Jr. intercepts a pass and

returns it 22 yards into Katella territory ... End Roger Bolanos and

linebacker Mike Cahill team up to stop running back for no gain on

fourth-and-one ... Linebacker Cullen Crom records a 5-yard sack to

force a punt.

* SAGE HILL -- Linebackers Erik Williams and Scott Cho team for a

1-yard loss on a quarterback sack in first quarter on first play of

series ... Lineman Ray Lim tackles running back for 1-yard loss on

second down late in third quarter ... In same series, safety Eddie

Huang grabs ball carrier on a sweep for 3-yard loss, the final play

of quarter ... Linebacker Cliff Swanson runs down ball carrier for

touchdown-saving tackle at midfield.