Gamebusters

GAMESTOPPERS

Last week’s big defensive plays

* NEWPORT HARBOR -- Cornerback Brian Campos drills a receiver for

a 2-yard loss ... Outside linebacker Trevor Theriot nails a back

after a reception for a 1-yard loss, after end Saami Khalifian

applied pressure on the quarterback on the play ... Peter Hoyt and

Khalifian combine on a 5-yard sack ... Theriot stuffs a draw play for

a 6-yard loss ... Tackle Austin Nieto strings out a running play,

allowing Hoyt to make the tackle for a short gain ... Cornerback Matt

Encinias drills a receiver near the sideline to break up a would-be

completion ... Hoyt pressures the quarterback on back-to-back

incompletions ... Nieto and middle ‘backer Thomas Martin combine on a

13-yard sack ... Outside ‘backer Greg Miner leads a pack of tacklers

on a 3-yard loss ... Nieto blows up an interior run, forcing a 4-yard

loss ... Martin records a 4-yard sack ... Encinias breaks up a pass

and nearly picks it off ... Outside ‘backer Taylor Young makes a big

first hit on a 1-yard gain, then, two plays later, leads a swarm of

tacklers to stuff a run for no gain. Taylor then is joined by Hoyt

and Theriot to make a fourth-down stop and complete the goal-line

stand ... Encinias hammers a receiver after a catch ... Hoyt and

fellow end Sean Rowe meet at the quarterback to combine on a 5-yard

sack.

* CORONA DEL MAR -- Senior Mordy Ornguze recovers a fumble on the

opening kickoff ... Junior linebacker John Shanahan stops Tesoro’s

first running play for just a 1-yard gain ... Senior defensive end

Brian Dunn limits a Titans’ ball carrier to a 1-yard gain ... Junior

safety Shane Collins puts a big hit on a receiver causing a dropped

pass ... Junior cornerback Matt Busch tips away a pass ... Ornguze

ends the first half with an interception ... Safety Kevin Welch comes

up to make a big hit on a running play, limiting Tesoro to a 3-yard

gain, then makes a sliding interception on the ensuing play after

reading the quarterback perfectly ... Sophomore defensive end Matt

Burgner makes a tackle for no gain ... Burgner, assisted by Kevin

Welch and sophomore Brett Crowley, halts a running play for just a

1-yard gain ... Burgner stops another run for a 1-yard gain ...

Junior linebacker Tyler Lance shuts down a running play for no gain,

then combines with Kevin Welch to force an incompletion on

fourth-and-5 ... Crowley, Kevin Welch and Lance combine to stuff a

running play for a 1-yard loss in overtime.

* ESTANCIA -- Senior linebacker Bubba Kapko tackles the ball

carrier for a 2-yard loss ... Senior lineman Chad Sherrell takes down

a running back for a 2-yard loss ... Kapko stops a running back for

no gain ... Sherrell tackles a running back for a 1-yard loss ...

Kapko and Sherrell, as well as senior Mike Softa team up to stop the

running back on two consecutive goal line stands, forcing Orange to

give up the ball on downs.

* COSTA MESA -- Junior outside linebacker Jeff Waldron returns an

interception 9 yards, has two touchdown-saving tackles to stop a

35-yard return with an interception and makes three other key

defensive stops ... Junior Epenesa blocks a field-goal attempt by

Westminster in the first quarter ... Qualic Vargas leads a defensive

surge with a solo tackle to force a third-and-11 situation deep in

the fourth quarter ... Vargas is in on four tackles for minus yardage

... Sophomore Ryan Bagwell averages 31.7 yards on six punts,

including a 53-yarder that forces Westminster to start four series

from its 13, 12, 7 and 17.

* SAGE HILL -- Peter Haderlein is one of the major tone-setters

with a sack of Capistrano Valley Christian quarterback Jeremy Ward in

the first quarter ... Don Ayers finishes a 23-yard pass play by Capo

Valley Christian with a touchdown-saving tackle early in the second

quarter ... Marcel Sohl and Eddie Huang combine to throw CVC running

back George Vardakostas for a 6-yard loss in the fourth quarter. It

forces the second of two fourth-quarter field-goal attempts, both of

which failed.