GAMEBUSTERS
High school football plays of 30 yards or more
93 – Dillon Norton (Corona del Mar) kickoff return for touchdown
86 – Luis Gomez (Costa Mesa) kickoff return
48 – JB Green (Newport Harbor) touchdown pass from Andrew McDonald
48 – Carlos Mendez (Estancia) run
40 – Cecil Whiteside (Newport Harbor) TD pass from Andrew McDonald
35 – Gabe Gomez (Newport Harbor) pass from Andrew McDonald
34 – JB Green (Newport Harbor) punt return
34 – Joseph Franco (Estancia) kickoff return
33 – Carlos Mendez (Estancia) touchdown run
GAMESTOPPERS
Top defensive plays
NEWPORT HARBOR – Senior end Scott Ward stops running back for a two-yard loss … Senior linebacker Ned Lyon sacks quarterback for a one-yard loss … Senior linebacker Brandon Kula records a 12-yard sack … Lyon gets a 10-yard sack … Sophomore lineman JB Salem stuffs running back for three-yard loss … Senior linebacker Nick Svendsen posts a one-yard sack … Salem bats a pass down at the line … Senior linebacker Cecil Whiteside’s sack nets an eight-yard loss … Sophomore linebacker Ted Steffel registers a one-yard sack.
CORONA DEL MAR – Senior linebacker Dutch Lamons sacks quarterback, forcing a fumble for a five-yard loss … Senior lineman Will Ham posts a seven-yard sack … Sophomore lineman Max Priestly gets a sack for a five-yard loss … Senior free safety Tyler Haly pressures the quarterback … Lamons pressures the quarterback … Senior cornerback Dillon Norton intercepts a tipped pass and returns it 14 yards.
COSTA MESA – Senior cornerback John Galvin stops running back two yards behind the line of scrimmage … Galvin returns an interception 42 yards to the opponent’s 24 … Junior outside linebacker Nick Blucker stops ballcarrier for no gain … Senior defensive back Kevin Astorino returns an interception four yards to the opponent’s 45 … Senior linebacker Nick Pederson tackles running back for a one-yard loss … Senior lineman Max Cederquist posts a five-yard sack.
ESTANCIA – Junior end Michael Renteria stops a two-point conversion run attempts short of the goal line ... Renteria and senior noseguard Austin Ceja combine to stop a run for a one-yard loss ... Sophomore end Omar Gutierrez pressures quarterback into a hurried pass attempt that falls incomplete on a two-point conversion try ... Sophomore Diego Moya halts a kickoff return for a four-yard gain ... Renteria recovers a fumble at the Magnolia two-yard line to set up a touchdown ... Ceja wrestles down ballcarrier for no gain ... Renteria makes the first hit and sophomore George De La Torre joins in to stop a pitch play for a three-yard loss ... Senior cornerback Joseph Franco stops a two-point conversion run attempt ... Linemen Juan Mejia tackles ballcarrier for no gain.
SAGE HILL – Senior defensive end Craig Jackson and junior cornerback Andy Multari combine to stop running back for no gain ... Sophomore end TJ Danner, junior linebacker Charlie Schumacher and senior safety Justin Barbour combine to stuff a running play for a one-yard loss ... Jackson, sophomore cornerback Taylor Ross and junior linebacker Brendan Killaly stop ballcarrier for no gain.
— From staff reports
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