GAMEBUSTERS
High school football plays of 30 yards or more
64 – Cedric Whitaker (Newport Harbor) run
58 – Alex Abalos (Estancia) run
49 – Luis Gomez (Costa Mesa) kickoff return
42 – Dillan Freiberg (Newport Harbor) field goal
38 – Josh Erno (Costa Mesa) run
38 – J.D. Abbott (Corona del Mar) run
36 – Andy Multari (Sage Hill) touchdown run
36 – Taylor Ross (Sage Hill) field goal
35 – Dillan Freiberg (Newport Harbor) field goal
33 – Luis Gomez (Costa Mesa) pass from Todd Davis
32 – Ryan Andrews (Newport Harbor) pass from Austin Rios
32 – Alex Abalos (Estancia) run
32 – Eric Cheng (Sage Hill) punt return
31 – Sean Davis (Estancia) fumble return for touchdown
GAMESTOPPERS
NEWPORT HARBOR – Senior linebacker Cecil Whiteside drops the quarterback for a three-yard loss on an option run … Junior Blair Luchs blocks a punt and sophomore Jake Stowell recovers on the opposition’s 28 … Junior lineman JB Salem and senior lineman Zack Moghaddam combine on a five-yard sack … Salem records a six-yard sack and another seven-yard sack … Whiteside pressures the quarterback into throwing an incompletion … Junior defensive back Parker Norton stuffs a run for a two-yard loss … Moghaddam gets an eight-yard sack … Norton intercepts a pass … Senior linebacker Ryan Iverson recovers a fumble … Sophomore defensive back Kory Cablay tackles the rusher for a two-yard loss.
COSTA MESA – Senior defensive back Christian Rangel intercepts a pass on the one-yard line … Senior cornerback Luis Gomez intercepts a pass inside Costa Mesa’s 10-yard line and returns it 13 yards … Junior linebacker Tyler Scheffner recovers a fumble … Senior linebacker Brian Waldron returns an interception 22 yards to the Santa Ana 14-yard line and Costa Mesa then runs out the clock.
ESTANCIA – Senior inside linebacker Sean Davis stuffs run for a one-yard loss ... Davis nails ballcarrier for a one-yard loss ... Davis halts a sweep for no gain ... Sophomore Ozzy Magana drops a punt returner for no gain ... Junior end Omar Gutierrez and senior outside linebacker Coleman Brown combine to stop a fourth-down run for no gain ... Brown forces a fumble while recording a sack and Davis scoops it up and returns it 31 yards for a touchdown ... Junior C.J. Thomas leads a group of tacklers, including Davis, to stuff a run for no gain ... Thomas drops running back for a four-yard loss ... Davis and Thomas halt a run for no gain ... Davis tackles ballcarrier for no gain ... Gutierrez, senior strong safety Angel Pacheco, and junior inside linebacker Eduardo Lopez, combine to stop a fly sweep for no gain ... Gutierrez buries quarterback while he throws to force an incomplete pass ... Thomas and Davis combine to halt a run for no gain ... A wall of tacklers that includes sophomore end Alipa Peters and junior noseguard Ivan Banos stop ballcarrier for a one-yard loss ... Junior quarterback Jason Anaya breaks up a pass with a near-interception ... Gutierrez buries the punter, who had dropped the snap, for a 13-yard loss.
SAGE HILL – Senior end Adam Donchess tackles ballcarrrier for a two-yard loss ... Senior end Connor Gaughan records a 17-yard sack ... Senior outside linebacker Dusty Orrantia returns an interception 12 yards ... Donchess produces a six-yard sack ... Orrantia snuffs a dive play for a one-yard loss ... Senior Mo Kreitenberg recovers a fumble forced by senior Lion Wintemute on a kickoff return ... Junior outside linebacker Taylor Ross stops quarterback’s progress on a keeper and Gaughan finishes him off for a seven-yard loss ... Junior cornerback Eric Cheng immediately tackles a receiver after a short reception ... Kreitenberg collects a six-yard sack ... Junior cornerback Connor Ascher breaks up a pass and nearly intercepts ... Gaughan drills quarterback on a keeper to thwart a two-point conversion run ... Thomas Fenner recovers a fumble on a kickoff return ... Donchess halts a reverse for a six-yard loss ... Junior tackle TJ Danner recovers a fumble to set up a short touchdown drive ... Senior Andy Multari recovers a fumble ... Gaughan causes a running play to end in a four-yard loss ... Orrantia stuffs a run for no gain ... Fenner recovers another fumble on a kickoff return ... Gaughan contributes a 14-yard sack.
CORONA DEL MAR – Senior safety J.D. Abbott tackles the running back for a one-yard loss … Senior linebacker Alex Swigert brings down the running back for a three-yard loss … Abbott records a seven-yard sack, forcing a Newport Harbor punt … Junior linebacker Dylan Salisbury posts a eight-yard sack … Senior end Andrew Conger pressures the quarterback.
— From staff reports
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