GAMEBUSTERS

High school football plays of 30 yards or more

 32 – Dillon Norton (Corona del Mar) kickoff return

GAMESTOPPERS

Top defensive plays

 COSTA MESA – Sophomore lineman Thomas Munoz and senior linebacker Robbie Gemayel combine to drop ballcarrier for a three-yard loss ... Senior defensive back Manny Gomez puts a big hit on quarterback to halt a third-down scramble ... Senior lineman Max Cederquist and junior linebacker Nick Haynes combine to stop ballcarrier for short gain ... Senior linebacker Jeff Dye breaks up a pass at midfield ... Gemayel and senior lineman Thomas Guzowski stop ballcarrier for a two-yard loss ... Senior lineman Jason Schroeder and senior defensive back Kevin Astorino chase the quarterback and Dye finishes off the play with a four-yard sack ... Senior defensive back John Galvin intercepts a pass at Costa Mesa’s six-yard line with eight seconds left in first half ... Gemayel, Gomez and junior strong safety Brian Waldron combine to gang tackle ballcarrier for a three-yard loss ... Haynes and Gemayel combine to stop run for a one-yard loss ... Dye drops ballcarrier for no gain ... Haynes and Gemayel combine to drop ballcarrier for three-yard loss ... Gemayel bats down a pass ... Gomez puts big hit on a receiver to jar the ball loose for an incompletion ... Schroeder records a sack.

 NEWPORT HARBOR – Senior defensive backs Jason Jacobi and JB Green break up pass attempt in the end zone … Senior inside linebacker Nick Svendsen tackles running back for a one-yard loss … Senior outside linebacker Ned Lyon applies pressure to quarterback, forcing an incompletion … Senior safety Michael Helfrich tackles running back for a two-yard loss … Helfrich hits ballcarrier immediately after he fields a punt … Junior noseguard Zack Moghaddam records a nine-yard sack … Senior defensive back Adrian Luchs tackles kick returner on opposition’s 14-yard line … Moghaddam and junior outside linebacker Cecil Whiteside apply pressure on quarterback, forcing an incompletion … Lyon almost intercepts a pass … Helfrich delivers ball-jarring hit on receiver … Whiteside intercepts a pass near the Sailors’ five-yard line, ending a scoring threat … Helfrich recovers a fumble near midfield, giving the Sailors a chance to tie game with 79 seconds left.

 ESTANCIA – Junior defensive back Alec Kirshner makes touchdown-saving tackle at the five-yard line ...Senior lineman Agustin Ceja stops ballcarrier for no gain ... Sophomore end Omar Gutierrez records a six-yard sack ... Senior defensive backs Angel Pacheco and Jason Moreno combine to drop ballcarrier for one-yard loss ... Junior lineman Michael Renteria trips up quarterback and Gutierrez finishes off play with a four-yard sack ... Junior middle linebacker Josh Dominguez tackles ballcarrier for a three-yard loss ... Moreno drops quarterback for a four-yard sack.

 CORONA DEL MAR – Senior noseguard Dan DiChiro penetrates to drill a ballcarrier for a two-yard loss ... Senior Noah Molnar wraps up punt returner for a one-yard loss ... Junior inside linebacker Alex Swigert and DiChiro combine to stop a run for a three-yard loss ... Junior outside linebacker Justin Tam stops a toss play for no gain ... Senior end Will Ham halts a dive play for no gain ... Swigert dooms a toss play for a six-yard loss ... Junior free safety J.D. Abbott halts a run for a one-yard loss ... Tam pressures quarterback to force an incomplete pass ... Molnar blocks a 46-yard field-goal attempt and recovers the loose ball ... Senior outside linebacker Max Haase stuffs a run for a three-yard loss ... DiChiro halts a run for a one-yard loss ... Ham and senior cornerback Dillon Norton combined to stop a run for no gain.

 SAGE HILL – Senior strong safety Justin Barbour makes a tackle for a two-yard loss ... Junior defensive back Mo Kreitenberg intercepts a pass after Barbour applies heavy pressure on the quarterback ... Junior linebacker Brendan Killaly intercepts a pass ... Barbour breaks up a pass near the end of the first half.

— From staff reports