High school football plays of 30 yards or more
58 -- Braden Ross (Sage Hill) touchdown run
54 -- Jarrett Daniel (Newport Harbor) touchdown pass from Kevin Williams
54 -- Steven Hillgren (Corona del Mar) touchdown pass from Taylor Hughes
52 -- D.J. Lepper (Costa Mesa) kickoff return
43 -- Max Torres (Sage Hill) run
38 -- Don Ayres (Sage Hill) touchdown run
30 -- Hunt Rychel (Corona del Mar) pass from Taylor Hughes
GAMESTOPPERS
COSTA MESA -- Senior tackle Rudy Hernandez and senior end London Sapolu stop running back for no gain … Senior cornerback Steven Nguyen intercepts a pass … Sophomore linebacker Robbie Gemayel recovers two fumbles … Junior strong safety John Salyer makes a crushing hit on a kickoff return … Salyer and senior linebacker D.J. Lepper stop a reverse in the backfield … Senior cornerback Kirkland Huynh tackles a punt returner for a loss … Gemayel stops running back for a loss … Sophomore tackle Juan Garces and Sapolu stuff running play for no gain … Sapolu forces a fumble by stripping the ball from running back.
SAGE HILL -- Junior linebacker Zach Rabosky and junior ‘backer Joey Puishys stop run for a one-yard loss … Puishys pressures the quarterback … Ayres stops running back for no gain … Junior tackle Cody Gates and junior ‘backer Max Torres stuff ballcarrier for a one-yard loss … Sophomore end Dan Kernan and senior tackle Stuart Palley stop a run for no gain … Puishys bursts through the line to halt run for a two-yard loss … Ayres pressures the quarterback forcing an interception by senior cornerback Braden Ross … Junior safety Jamie McGee intercepts a pass and returns it 34 yards … Puishys stuffs a run for a three-yard loss … Ross deflects a pass … Junior cornerback Jordan Spencer forces a fumble and Rabosky recovers … Junior safety Tom Multari intercepts a pass and returns it 31 yards.
NEWPORT HARBOR -- Freshman Cecil Whiteside blocks a conversion kick … Senior tackle Mike Calabrese blows up an option keeper for a three-yard loss … Senior strong safety Brett Houten makes a near-interception … Senior noseguard Charles Vickery is credited with a five-yard sack … Senior end Bryce Jardine, Calabrese and senior outside linebacker Enzo Weber combine to record a one-yard sack … Weber forces a fumble on an option keeper … Houten’s coverage foils a deep pass … Senior cornerback Jarrett Daniel intercepts and returns it 28 yards … Sophomore free safety J.B. Green provides blanket coverage and nearly intercepts a long pass … Vickery recovers a Los Alamitos fumble … Jardine falls on a Los Al fumble … Senior middle linebacker Nick Frazier halts a run for a three-yard loss.
CORONA DEL MAR -- Junior inside linebacker Erik Rask bats down a pass that falls incomplete … Senior inside linebacker Austin Ray blitzes and drills quarterback as he releases to help force an incomplete pass … Sophomore cornerback Mitch Sands chases down ballcarrier to make touchdown-saving tackle after long fake punt run … Senior cornerback Steven Hillgren provides blanket coverage on a fade route to force an incompletion … Rask nails an inside reverse for a six-yard loss … Sophomore outside linebacker Dutch Lamons pressures quarterback to help force an incomplete pass … Senior end Ali Meshkin stuffs a run for a one-yard loss … Sophomore cornerback Noah Molnar doesn’t bite on a pump-and-go route, which is negated by his blanket coverage … Senior linebacker Tom Folks combines with sophomore end Ben Noe to stuff a run for a five-yard loss … Senior safety Charlie Albright recovers a fumble … Molnar intercepts at Laguna Hills’ 36-yard line to set up CdM touchdown pass on ensuing snap … Folks turns ballcarrier in and Ray makes the tackle for two-yard loss.
