GAMEBUSTERS

High school football plays of 30 yards or more

 77 – JB Green (Newport Harbor) free kick return for touchdown

 73 – Danny Miller (Newport Harbor) touchdown run

 64 – Jason Moreno (Estancia) touchdown pass from Radames Gutierrez

 54 – Carlos Mendez (Estancia) touchdown run

 51 – Noah Molnar (Corona del Mar) pass from Mitch Sands

 51 – JB Green (Newport Harbor) punt return for touchdown

 36 – Jason Moreno (Estancia) pass from Radames Gutierrez

 33 – Carlos Mendez (Estancia) run

 31 – Taylor Ross (Sage Hill) field goal

 30 – Carlos Mendez (Estancia) run

GAMESTOPPERS

Top defensive plays

 NEWPORT HARBOR – Junior outside linebacker Cecil Whiteside applies pressure to quarterback and senior middle linebacker Brandon Kula sacks quarterback … Senior Adrian Luchs drops punter for a nine-yard loss after punter struggles with snap … Senior outside linebacker Ned Lyon blocks a punt and recovers it in end zone for touchdown … Kula drops running back for a three-yard loss … Senior end Scott Ward forces a fumble … Whiteside sacks quarterback for a 10-yard loss … Lyon records an 11-yard sack … Whiteside recovers a fumble on opposition’s 30-yard line … Whiteside drops running back for a three-yard loss … Kula sacks quarterback for a four-yard loss … Whiteside blocks a punt, recovers it at the five-yard line and returns it for a touchdown.

 CORONA DEL MAR – Senior linebacker Max Haase drops receiver for one-yard loss ... Haase forces a hurried pass that turns into an interception ... Senior lineman Will Ham returns an interception 28 yards for a touchdown ... Senior noseguard Dan DiChiro sacks quarterback for a six-yard loss ... Junior Michael Borchard tips a pass that turns into an interception for junior linebacker Alex Swigert.

 SAGE HILL – Junior outside linebacker Brendan Killaly stops running back for a three-yard loss ... Killaly returns an interception three yards to halt Animo Leadership’s first possession ... Junior tackle Adam Donchess combines with senior safety Justin Barbour to chase down quarterback for a two-yard sack ... Senior end Craig Jackson partially blocks a punt that travels just nine yards ... Jackson blocks a punt, recovers the loose ball and returns it eight yards to the Animo eight-yard line ... Donchess stuffs an off-tackle play for three-yard loss ... Freshman safety Taylor Petty provides coverage to ensure an incomplete pass on fourth down ... Barbour intercepts a long pass on the final play of the first half ... Jackson sniffs out a draw play to produce a two-yard loss ... Jackson and junior middle linebacker Dusty Orrantia combine on a three-yard sack ... Multari intercepts and returns it 10 yards ... Killaly breaks up a pass over the middle, nearly intercepting ... Jackson provides first hit and junior end Sam Simon finishes off the tackle on a four-yard loss ... Sophomore Colton Gyulay and Petty bracket a receiver in coverage to force an incomplete pass ... Donchess halts a running play for no gain ... Sophomore cornerback Taylor Ross makes a touchdown-saving tackle after a 47-yard run ... Jackson corrals ballcarrier for a two-yard loss ... Multari breaks up a long pass attempt.

 ESTANCIA – Sophomore end Omar Gutierrez sacks the quarterback for an 11-yard loss … Junior lineman Michael Renteria records a five-yard sack.

 COSTA MESA – Senior cornerback Manny Gomez pounces on a receiver after a reception to nail him for a three-yard loss ... Senior linebacker Jeff Dye makes a shoestring tackle after a short reception to save a potential touchdown ... Junior linebacker Nick Hayes latches on to ballcarrier and pulls him backward to stop him short of a first down on a fourth-and-two play, giving the Mustangs possession ... Senior tackle Camilo Enriquez pokes the ball loose from a ballcarrier and junior safety Luis Gomez recovers at the Beckman 25-yard line ... Dye combines with senior tackles Juan Garces and Argenis Valencia to halt a ballcarrier for a one-yard gain.