GAMEBUSTERS

Gamestoppers

Last week’s big defensive plays

* NEWPORT HARBOR -- Sean Rowe stops back for no gain ... Rowe

halts a back for 1-yard loss ... Grant Casserly makes tackle for

1-yard loss ... Taylor Young recovers a fumble to set up a touchdown

... Trevor Theriot stuffs a run for a 3-yard loss ... Rowe records a

5-yard sack ... Rowe and tackle Kaiona Kalama-Dutro converge to stuff

a draw for a 7-yard loss ... End Saami Khalifian gets a 6-yard sack

... Khalifian gets a 7-yard sack ... James Coder jumps high for an

interception ... Billy Brown stops a run for no gain.

* CORONA DEL MAR -- Taylor Meehan records 3-yard loss ... Austin

Brawner crunches receiver on 2-yard gain ... Meehan and Matt Burgner

combine on a 1-yard sack ... Shaun Mohler breaks up a pass, while

Burgner drills QB after his release ... Meehan stuffs a run for

1-yard loss ... Tackle Taylor Storm slings QB down for 5-yard sack

... Meehan leads a group of tacklers to stop run for no gain ... Tom

Welch intercepts a pass to set up a short touchdown drive ... David

Del Fante gets his hand on the ball to break up a long pass ...

Mohler gets a 7-yard sack ... Meehan, Carlos Corrales and Burgner

converge on Uni QB, who slides down for 9-yard sack ... Meehan and

Mohler both drill a kick returner after 7-yard gain ... Storm gets a

5-yard sack.

* COSTA MESA -- Juan Diaz and Jamison Morris combine to stop a run

for no gain ... Bryce Carich forces a fumble, but Orange recovers to

keep possession with a 7-yard loss ... Jorge Quiroz takes on multiple

blockers, but manages to latch onto ball carrier’s ankle to halt run

after a short gain ... Outside ‘backer Jeff Waldron leaps to bat down

a pass ... Waldron chases down punter, who retreats to field a high

snap, and tackles him for 21-yard loss that gives Mesa possession ...

Waldron recovers a fumble at the Orange 41 that leads to a TD ...

Waldron halts runner for 2-yard loss.

* ESTANCIA -- Ian Morton stuffs run for a 1-yard loss ... Tim

Morley and Nelson Leon halt back for no gain ... Ryan Sanford blocks

a PAT ... Morley wraps up a back for 1-yard loss ... Alex Sotomayor

gets 2-yard sack ... Dave Moreno drops a back for an 8-yard loss ...

Leon chases down a sweep for a 3-yard loss ... Moreno makes tackle

for 5-yard loss ... Leon stuffs a two-point run ... Leon recovers a

fumble to set up a TD ... Morley drags down a back for 5-yard loss

... Sotomayor blitzes for a 4-yard sack ... Morley chases down a

running back for a 9-yard loss.

* SAGE HILL -- Jimmy O’Hare forces a fumble and Brandon David

recovers ... Krishna Sani tackles QB for 2-yard loss ... O’Hare

collects a 3-yard sack ... Max Torres breaks up a pass ... Michael

Morgan stuffs run for 1-yard loss ... Morgan Brief drops runner for

4-yard loss ... Sani makes tackle for 2-yard loss ... Bryan Forrest

and Sani combine to drop tailback for no gain.