GAMEBUSTERS

GAMESTOPPERS

Last week’s big defensive plays

* NEWPORT HARBOR -- Tom Jackson blocks a punt ... Jackson recovers

a fumble ... Jackson breaks up a pass to bring up fourth down ...

Linebacker Trevor Theriot stuffs a running back at the line of

scrimmage ... Linebacker Greg Miner unloads on a spinning running

back ... Miner and end Saami Khalifian drop a ballcarrier at the line

of scrimmage ... Linebacker Thomas Martin recovers a fumble to stop a

CdM drive ... Tackle Kaiona Kalama-Dutro sacks the quarterback for a

1-yard loss.

* CORONA DEL MAR -- End Taylor Meehan blindsides the quarterback

as he throws to force an incomplete pass ... Linebacker Tyler Lance

wraps up ballcarrier on a reverse for a 6-yard loss ... Kevin Welch

intercepts a ball that bounces off a wide receiver’s hands ... Lance

blocks a punt and J.R. Saroyan recovers the ball, setting up a Sea

King field goal ... Welch recovers a fumble to halt a Newport Harbor

drive ... Linebackers Lance and John Shanahan spin a running back for

a 2-yard loss ... Lance intercepts a pass and returns it to the

3-yard line to set up a CdM touchdown ... Cornerback Matt Loyd breaks

up a pass to bring up third-and-long ... Wess Presson nails a

receiver in the back to force an incompletion and punt ... Shanahan

hits the quarterback to force an incompletion ... Meehan trips up a

running back to limit an outside run for minimal gain ... Presson

times a shoulder-to-shoulder hit on a receiver perfectly ... Safety

Brett Crowley and linebacker Shaun Mohler combine to sack the

quarterback ... On the next play, Crowley sacks the quarterback

again.

* SAGE HILL -- Linebacker Nick Sohl recovers a fumble to set up a

short touchdown drive ... Outside linebacker Bryan Kornswiet tackles

a ballcarrier for a 3-yard loss ... Tackle Morgan Brief, cornerback

Keya Manshadi and end Jimmy O’Hare combine to nail a runner on a

sweep for a 6-yard loss ... Sohl blitzes to pressure the quarterback

into an incompletion ... O’Hare pressures the quarterback on an

incompletion and, two plays later, collects a sack for a 12-yard loss

... Manshadi returns an interception 58 yards to set up a TD ...

Brief bulls into the backfield to field an errant pitch to set up a

TD ... Manshadi rips the ball from a ballcarrier while making a

tackle, though another Twin Pines player recovers ... Outside ‘backer

Don Ayers stuffs a run for no gain.

* COSTA MESA -- Quarterback Ryan French lays a big hit on a punt

returner ... Linebacker Cameron Wynglarz uncoils on a receiver as

soon as he catches the ball ... End Daniel Muniz stuffs a running

back for a 1-yard loss ... Linebacker Jeff Waldron sniffs out the

screen and levels a running back jumping for the pass ... Waldron,

Wynglarz and tackle Juan Diaz gang tackle a running back at the line

of scrimmage ... Linebacker Randy Fea lowers his shoulder to force a

fumble and tackle Robert de la Cruz recovers to set up a Mesa

touchdown ... Waldron and Wynglarz pressure the quarterback into an

intentional grounding penalty ... Cornerback Evan Hunter trips up a

running back for no gain ... Cornerback Tony Krikorian breaks up a

Hail Mary attempt ... Waldron sacks the quarterback to end the first

half ... Linebacker Jasbir Seewat wraps up a running back for no gain

... Seewat tackles a running back for a 6-yard loss ... Seewat sacks

the quarterback on the next play ... On the next play, Seewat drops a

running back for a minimal gain to force a punt ... Hunter closes the

gap and unleashes on a receiver to force an incomplete pass ...

Safety Jamison Morris executes a form tackle on the quarterback for a

1-yard loss ... Morris puts a big hit on a running back to drop him

for minimal gain and force a field goal ... Fea levels a running back

for no gain.