High school plays of 30 yards or more
82 -- Steven Hillgren (Corona del Mar) touchdown pass from Hunter Alder
69 -- Braden Ross (Sage Hill) pass from Michael Higgins
53 -- Erik Rask (Corona del Mar) touchdown run
50 -- Julio Medero (Estancia) interception return for touchdown
48 -- Don Ayres (Sage Hill) pass from Michael Higgins
45 -- Steven Hillgren (Corona del Mar) kickoff return
44 -- Ben Noe (Corona del Mar) pass from Steven Hillgren
35 -- Edgar Vargas (Estancia) run
GAMESTOPPERS
CORONA DEL MAR -- Senior cornerback Steven Hillgren nails a sweep for four-yard loss … Junior middle linebacker Kevin Rask stuffs run for no gain … Junior inside linebacker Erik Rask drops ballcarrier for two-yard loss … Hillgren leaps high to snatch interception from out of receiver’s hands and returns it 25 yards to the Villa Park 27-yard line … Erik Rask and Kevin Rask combine to hammer ballcarrier on short gain … Senior outside linebacker Tom Folks penetrates, knocking lead blocker into back, who stumbles short of first down on fourth-and-one … Folks recovers a fumble to foil Villa Park comeback attempt.
NEWPORT HARBOR -- Senior tackle Mike Calabrese closes the hole on running back for no gain … Junior outside linebacker Brandon Kula halts run on fourth-and-two at the Newport Harbor 27-yard line to give Sailors possession … Senior noseguard Charles Vickery sacks quarterback for six-yard loss … Calabrese stuffs the ballcarrier for no gain … Calabrese deflects a pass that falls incomplete … Calabrese, senior end Andrew Ward, senior middle ‘backer Nick Frazier and senior safety Brett Houten combine to stop a run for no gain … Calabrese records one-yard sack … Calabrese strips the running back of the ball and Kula recovers … Vickery sniffs out a screen pass and stops it for no gain … Calabrese pressures quarterback to force an incompletion … Calabrese, Kula and Vickery team up for 12-yard sack … Vickery records four-yard sack … Calabrese and senior end Bryce Jardine force an incompletion with pressure … Vickery leads a charge of Sailors to stop a run for no gain … Senior cornerback Brice Stillman deflects a pass to force a punt … Frazier hits the receiver, jarring the ball loose for an incompletion … Jardine pressures the quarterback forcing an interception by junior safety Henry Pyle.
ESTANCIA -- Senior cornerback Edgar Vargas tips a long pass downfield, nearly intercepting it … Senior linebacker Rafael Alejandre makes a hard hit, knocking off the quarterback’s helmet on a keeper … Senior strong safety Julio Medero stops running back for a three-yard loss … Senior end Dion Dumurat stuffs a run for no gain … Senior free safety Matt Redding makes a hard hit, forcing a fumble that Medero recovers … Junior end Connor McKendry tips a pass, leading to a Medero interception … Senior cornerback Brian Harriman intercepts a pass … Vargas makes an interception.
SAGE HILL -- Senior cornerback Braden Ross tackles back for no gain … Junior safety Michael Higgins intercepts a pass … Senior lineman J.J. Schumacher and junior lineman Cody Gates combine to stop running back for no gain … Junior linebacker Max Torres and Gates sack quarterback for two-yard loss … Senior lineman Stuart Palley recovers a fumble … Sophomore lineman Dan Kernan and Torres converge to drop ballcarrier for for three-yard loss … Sophomore linebacker Craig Jackson recovers a fumble.
