Gamebusters

LAST WEEK’S HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYS OF 30 YARDS OR MORE

* 74 -- Mark Cianciulli (Corona del Mar) touchdown run.

* 60 -- Spencer Link (Newport Harbor) touchdown pass from Michael

McDonald.

* 57 -- Mark Cianciulli (Corona del Mar) touchdown pass from

Jonathan Hubbard.

* 53 -- Nate Hunter (Costa Mesa) punt.

* 48 -- Javy Ramirez (Estancia) pass from Lewis Bradshaw.

* 41 -- Mike Toole (Newport Harbor) pass from Michael McDonald.

* 40 -- Tyler Waldron (Costa Mesa) touchdown pass from Tim Iller.

* 32 -- Mark Cianciulli (Corona del Mar) run.

GAMESTOPPERS

Last week’s big defensive plays

* ESTANCIA -- Mike Softa ends a Magnolia drive as his crushing

hit to the quarterback creates a fumble that is recovered by Bryce

McKendry ... McKendry also causes a fumble and records a sack ...

Cornerback Louis Valdes Jr. breaks up a pass on a fourth-and-15

situation ... Cullen Crom and Ray Pineda team up to make a stop for

no gain ... Javy Ramirez leaves his feet and extends to break up a

deep pass ... Roger Balanos sacks the quarterback for a 7-yard loss

... Crom recovers a fumble on Magnolia’s 8-yard line ... Ray Mills

makes a stop for no gain.

* CORONA DEL MAR -- Cornerback Mordy Ornguze leaps high to nearly

intercept a pass, then, in the next defensive series, makes

back-to-back tackles for short gains on run support ... Noseguard

Jayson Skalla stuffs an inside run for no gain ... End John Daley

pressures the quarterback, who throws incomplete ... Cody Parrott

recovers a live ball on kickoff at the Mesa 1 to set up an easy

touchdown ... Cornerback Wess Presson tips a pass, then hauls it in

for an interception ... Outside linebacker Jeff Reed nearly

intercepts a pass ... Inside ‘backer Jason Kidushim sacks QB for

1-yard loss ... Presson tackles receiver short of a first down on

fourth-and-eight ... Ryan Zick filled from the secondary to make a

solid tackle ... Danny Tarkesian collects a 6-yard sack ... Robby

Richey, J.R. Saroyan and Zick combine to stop a run for minus-1 yard.

NEWPORT HARBOR -- Outside linebacker Matt Encinias sticks a ball

carrier on a short gain ... Cornerback Ben Soza has a

near-interception ... End Mac Posey records sacks for losses of 4 and

6 yards ... Middle linebacker Fernando Castorena breaks up a pass ...

End Shahan Mouradyan stops a bootleg for a 5-yard loss ... Castorena

forces a fumble and safety Dartangan Johnson recovers to end an

11-play drive ... Safety Warren Junowich makes a tackle on a kickoff

return then has a near-interception on the ensuing series ...

Encinias sacks the quarterback for a 5-yard loss ... Soza and

Junowich combine to break up a pass ... Mouradyan and Johnson combine

to stop a QB scramble for no gain ... Safety Michael McDonald chases

down a receiver to save a touchdown on long pass play ... Johnson

makes a big hit on a 1-yard gain.

* COSTA MESA -- Linebacker Brett Via makes a tackle for no gain

... Linebacker Gary Gonzalez leads a group of tacklers that stuffs a

run for a yard loss ... Safety Tyler Waldron knocks a would-be

receiver’s helmet off to help cause an incompletion ... Noseguard

Andrew Carich stuffs a run for no gain ... Outside ‘backer Nate

Hunter stops a run off tackle for a 2-yard loss ... Noseguard Borotha

Pov stops a run for no gain in goal-line defense ... Daniel Cooper

forces two fumbles, the first recovered by Via and the second by

Hunter ... Carich stuffs a run for a 1-yard loss ... Pov snatches a

ball carrier in the backfield for a 1-yard loss.