GAMEBUSTERS

High school football plays of 30 yards or more

 64 – Michael Helfrich (Newport Harbor) touchdown run

 57 – Taylor Ross (Sage Hill) touchdown run

 52 – Alex Abalos (Estancia) touchdown run

 42 – JB Green (Newport Harbor) touchdown pass from Andrew McDonald

 33 – JB Green (Newport Harbor) interception return

GAMESTOPPERS

 NEWPORT HARBOR – Senior end Scott Ward stops the running back for a one-yard loss ... Senior Chris Gute tackles the kick returner on his own 15 … Senior cornerback JB Green stops running back for a nine-yard loss … Junior noseguard Zack Moghaddam records a six-yard sack … Senior lineman Justin Faber drops ballcarrier for a one-yard loss … Green returns an interception 33 yards to the opposition’s 18 … Faber sacks the quarterback and forces a fumble and senior linebacker Brandon Kula recovers on the opposition’s 24 … Sophomore cornerback Parker Norton intercepts a pass while falling on his back.

 ESTANCIA – Senior tackle Agustin Ceja halts quarterback keeper for a two-yard loss ... Sophomore end Omar Gutierrez stops a sweep for a one-yard loss ... Junior outside linebacker Jeff Kirchberg records a two-yard sack ... Junior safety Alex Pacheco has a near-interception to break up a pass attempt ... Gutierrez forces a fumble and senior cornerback Jason Moreno recovers ... Gutierrez provides pressure on a rollout to force an incomplete pass ... Moreno maintains ideal position in coverage to help cause an incomplete pass ... Kirchberg stuffs a run for no gain ... Gutierrez halts quarterback keep for a two-yard loss ... Gutierrez and senior cornerback Joseph Franco combine to stop a sweep for a one-yard loss ... Franco refuses to bite on a pump fake and maintains blanket coverage on a deep pass that is incomplete ... Pacheco scoops up a fumble in his own end zone and returns it to the one-yard line.

 SAGE HILL– Senior linebacker Craig Jackson stops ballcarrier for no gain … Junior inside linebacker Brendan Killaly drops ballcarrier for one-yard loss on third-and-one … Jackson blasts through to tackle running back for afour-yard loss … Junior inside linebacker Dusty Orrantia recovers onside kick … Freshman safety Taylor Petty has big hit on ballcarrier to knock the ball loose and senior outside linebacker Justin Barbour makes recovery to set up lone Sage Hill touchdown … Junior end Adam Donchess and sophomore linebacker Max Callas are in on fumble recovery in fourth quarter … Senior cornerback Max Ellison halts quarterback for no gain.