Gamebusters-Gamestoppers

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

65 - Matt Moore (Corona del Mar) TD pass from Joe Barber.

61 - Duke Burchell (Newport Harbor) punt.

59 - Mike Gardiner (Costa Mesa) TD pass from Patrick Hulliger.

56 - Matt Moore (Corona del Mar) TD pass from Dylan Hendy.

54 - Jason Hurley (Costa Mesa) touchdown run.

45 - Danny Valbuena (Estancia) pass from Kenny Valbuena.

40 - Alvin Nguyen (Costa Mesa) touchdown run.

39 - Brian Gaeta (Newport Harbor) pass from Morgan Craig.

36 - Louis Day (Costa Mesa) TD pass from Patrick Hulliger.

31 - Luis Avalos (Costa Mesa) field goal.

30 - Jon-Luke Del Fante (Corona del Mar) field goal.

Gamestoppers

Last week’s big defensive plays

COSTA MESA - Inside linebacker Louis Day recovered two fumbles, forced

another fumble on a quarterback sack and provided the game’s biggest hit,

when his blindside block leveled a would-be tackler to spring a touchdown

... End Kainoa Asuega and Outside linebacker Jason Hurley combined on a

sack ... Josh Strickland had an interception ... End Alvin Nguyen tackled

ballcarrier for a 3-yard loss ... Shem Gerhauser and Robert McQueen

combined on a stop for a 3-yard loss ... Andrew Strickland made a

bone-crushing tackle on punt return.

ESTANCIA - End Cesar Romero recovered a fumble he forced while making

a tackle to turn Aliso Niguel away inside the 10-yard line and later

made the tackle on fourth-and-one to end Aliso’s final first-half

possession ... Cornerback Jeremy Valdes intercepted a pass ... Noseguard

Rick Valdez had the lone quarterback sack ... Outside linebacker David

Stoddard made a tackle for a 2-yard loss ... End David Rodriguez buried a

receiver after a catch for a 3-yard loss ... Safety Freddy Rodriguez made

a big hit to cause break up a completion.

NEWPORT HARBOR - End Garrett Troncale had a 13-yard sack, recovered

two fumbles, blew up an option pitch for a 6-yard loss, tripped up a

sweep for a 4-yard loss and made another tackle for no gain ... Middle

linebacker Alan Saenz forced a fumble with a huge hit in the backfield,

blocked a conversion kick, had a 5-yard sack, and made a tackle for a

1-yard loss ... End Ian Banigan had a 9-yard sack and made two other

tackles for losses of 3 and 1 yards ... Outside linebacker Chris

Manderino forced a fumble which was recovered by tackle Nick Moghaddam

... David Sprenger hammered the punter after he had retrieved a bad snap

for a 20-yard loss ... Cornerback Brian Gaeta whacked the pitch man for a

short option gain.

CORONA DEL MAR - End Peter Skoutelas muscled his way past Pomona’s

line for a quarterback sack and a 2-yard loss ... Tackle Jayson Skalla

and middle linebacker Taumata Grey teamed up to stop a runner for no gain

... Mark Cianciulli recovered a pooch kickoff, giving the Sea Kings

excellent field position ... Strong safety Eric Snell recovered a fumble

... Outside linebacker Nick Prosser stopped a Red Devil for a 2-yard loss

on fourth down ... Cianciulli put a monster hit on a Pomona player during

a two-point conversion attempt ... Skalla and Tyler McClellan met at the

quarterback for a 7-yard sack ... Matt Wilson put a big hit on a receiver

to break up a pass ... Kevin Witt recovered a fumble late in the game.