GAMEBUSTERS

GAMESTOPPERS

Last week’s big defensive plays

* COSTA MESA -- Senior outside linebacker Jasbir Seewat returns an

interception 67 yards for a touchdown ... Seewat sacks quarterback

for 5-yard loss to set up a fourth-and-15 ... Senior Jeff Waldron

trips the quarterback and Seewat finishes the tackle for a 10-yard

sack ... Junior cornerback Tony Krikorian’s interception on third

down halts Ocean View’s final drive. He returns it 7 yards to the

Mesa 37-yard line ... Krikorian recovers a fumble by the Ocean View

quarterback ... Krikorian and junior Evan Hunter help break up a

fourth-down pass ... Senior Andrew Sanford recovers a Seahawk fumble

on a kickoff, setting the stage for Tyler Legg’s 4-yard touchdown run

that, along with Ryan Bagwell’s extra point, helps tie the game at 22

... Junior defensive tackle Juan Diaz stops ball carrier for 3-yard

loss ... Diaz and Waldron combine to stop ball carriers three times

for a total of 4 yards in losses ... Seniors Rodrigo Gutierrez and

Duaine Wase each stop runs for no gain.

* NEWPORT HARBOR -- Senior free safety Alex Orth knocks a receiver

backward immediately after a catch ... Senior end Sean Rowe forces

the quarterback to scramble out of the pocket and throw the ball away

for an intentional-grounding penalty ... Senior outside linebacker

Greg Miner makes the initial hit and senior middle linebacker Thomas

Martin takes down a running back for no gain ... Rowe sacks the

quarterback for a 5-yard loss ... On the next play, senior end Saami

Khalifian drops the quarterback for a 15-yard loss ... Martin throws

a running back to the ground for a short gain ... Rowe sacks the

quarterback for a 3-yard loss ... Miner and Martin are at the first

to arrive and swarm a running back for a 4-yard loss ... Khalifian

chases down the quarterback for an 11-yard loss ... Orth blocks a

punt and returns it seven yards to set up a touchdown.

* SAGE HILL -- Sophomore linebacker Don Ayres chases down a sweep

to the opposite side and throws the running back down for no gain ...

Junior linebacker Bryan Kornswiet trips up a running back for minimal

gain ... Kornswiet knocks a running back out of bounds and into the

Sherman Indian table with cups of water ... Kornsweit stuffs a

running back for no gain ... Sophomore cornerback Braden Ross levels

a tight end as soon as the ball arrives, forcing an incompletion ...

Junior tackle Brandon David drops a running back for a 1-yard loss

... Ross closes in on a sweep and stops a running back for a 3-yard

loss ... Junior inside linebacker Nick Sohl hits the quarterback as

he throws to force an incomplete pass.

* CORONA DEL MAR -- Senior outside linebacker Matt Busch diagnoses

a short pass and tackles the receiver for no gain ... Senior free

safety Kevin Welch drills a receiver coming across the middle to

force an incompletion ... Senior inside linebacker John Shanahan

stuffs a sweep for a 3-yard loss, though the play is erased by a

Northwood chop block penalty ... Busch drills the quarterback as he

releases to force an incomplete pass ... Austin Brawner levels the

quarterback as he releases to force an incomplete pass ... Shanahan

pulls down quarterback for a 2-yard sack ... Shanahan fills and

hammers a ball carrier for a 1-yard gain ... Junior end Matt Burgner

and Shanahan combined to make a tackle for a 3-yard loss.

* ESTANCIA -- Senior end Dave Moreno leads a group of tacklers to

stop a run for no gain and senior Ivan Izar does the same on the next

snap to stop Westminster short on fourth-and-two ...Junior linebacker

Clayton Mills chases down a ball carrier to make a touchdown-saving

tackle after a 72-yard run to the 8-yard line and the drive fizzles

without producing points ... Senior linebacker Bryce McKendry makes a

near-interception and, on the next snap, pressures the quarterback

into an incomplete pass ... Junior cornerback Ezequiel Villalvazo

maintains perfect position on receiver whole covering a fourth-down

fade route to force an incompletion and give the Eagles possession on

downs ... Senior linebacker Ryan Sanford forces a fumble, but

Westminster recovers ... Senior tackle Ian Morton recovers a

Westminster fumble ... Senior quarterback Nick Cox makes a

touchdown-saving tackle on an interception return ... A hustling

Sanford chases down a ball carrier to make a touchdown-saving tackle

on a 70-yard run ... Chris Guzman stuffs a run for a 2-yard loss ...

Senior Daniel Cheesboro forces a fumble on an 8-yard sack and

recovers ... Senior Ricky Montgomery records a 2-yard sack ... Senior

Tim Bassler tackles running back for a 4-yard loss.