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Gamebusters

Last week’s high school football plays of 30 yards or more

82 - Marshall Hendricks (Estancia) touchdown run.

72 - Greg Stewart (Costa Mesa) kickoff return for touchdown.

69 - Grant Estabrook (Corona del Mar) touchdown run.

52 - Jon Schrank (Corona del Mar) touchdown pass from Evan Burden.

49 - Matt Gulley (Corona del Mar) kickoff return for touchdown.

44 - John Aldrete (Estancia) touchdown pass from Jeremy Valdes.

38 - C.J. Zuniga (Costa Mesa) run.

33 - Mike Hayes (Corona del Mar) touchdown run.

Gamestoppers

Last week’s big defensive plays

CORONA DEL MAR - Outside linebacker Nick Prosser had an interception and

was in on two quarterback sacks ... Tackle Dave Richardson and ends

Elliott Patterson and Mike Hayes were in on QB sacks ... Safety Adam

Cooper knifed into backfield to upend ballcarrier for 2-yard loss ...

Outside ‘backer Blake Hacker made four key stops within a six-play span

and later crunched Uni punter before he could field a low snap and get

kick away ... Middle linebacker Brandon Johnson made a crushing hit on a

tackle for no gain ... Cornerback David Beser provided consistent blanket

coverage on Uni receivers.

ESTANCIA - End David Rodriguez had the game’s only sack and pressured the

quarterback into throwing an interception ... Safety Freddy Rodriguez

intercepted the last pass attempt of the game and knocked down another

pass ... Flex linebacker Fahad Jahid had an interception, tipped a pass,

and made a couple of tackles at the line of scrimmage ... Outside

linebacker Sean Freeman broke free and disrupted a couple of plays behind

the line ... Middle linebacker Matt Mueller made a nice tackle to stop a

run ... Cornerback Marshall Hendricks played well in the secondary.

Costa Mesa - Cornerback Jake Cleveland flew in and nearly had an

interception ... Inside linebacker Sean Ferryman plugged up the middle,

made one stop for a 2-yard loss, and later had an interception ... C.J.

Zuniga returned an interception 5 yards ... Tackle Fernando Aronna teamed

up with Ferryman for a quarterback sack ... End Todd Duddridge stopped a

ballcarrier short of the goal line ... Tackle Danny Mardikian busted

through for a sack and a 9-yard loss ... Inside linebacker Jason Rankin

and end Antony Grubisich each made separate tackles for a 1-yard loss ...

Rankin stripped the ball loose and recovered to give Mesa possession ...

Outside linebacker Dave Weir hurried the quarterback into an incompletion

and later iced the game with an interception.

Newport Harbor - End Nick Langsdorf stuffed Fairfax’s first play for a

2-yard loss ... Free safety Dayne Pfaff unloaded a jarring hit on a

receiver to break up a pass ... End Garrett Troncale had a fourth-down

sack to turn the ball over ... End Brad Rothwell abruptly stopped a

Fairfax runner for a 1-yard loss ... David Sprenger preserved the shutout

with a shoestring tackle on a receiver ... With the Lions threatening to

score, Rothwell recovered a fumble ... Junior C.J. Collins stopped a

reverse for a 4-yard loss ... Sophomore Bryan Breland stripped the ball

and recovered ... Sophomore Joe Foley ended Fairfax’s final drive with a

tackle for a 2-yard loss.