This is the second game between Santa Margarita and the Carlsbad Lancers. Last year, the Eagles stormed out to a 27-0 lead then held on as Pana Faumuina's three fourth quarter touchdowns made it too close for comfort - a 34-27 Eagle victory. Greg Orlando completed 17 of 23 passes for 267 yards and two scores including the game clinching 88-yard scoring pass to Mike O'Gorman with 5:53 left in the game. John Bennett finished with 16 tackles.

The Santa Margarita-Carlsbad match-up marks the 8th game overall between the Eagles and a team from San Diego County, and the second of three this year. Last week the Eagles beat San Diego Lincoln 24-6 improving their all time record against San Diego Section teams to 6-1 (.857). In Week 5 the Eagles travel to Rancho Bernardo.

Carlsbad is 1-0 this year and ranked No. 1 in San Diego County and No. 12 in California. They finished the 1998 season 7-6 and advanced to the CIF-SD Section Division I Semi-Finals.

Head Coaches:

Eagle Head Coach Jim Hartigan is 95-29-1 (.764) in his 11th season as varsity Head Coach. Overall Coach Hartigan has a 111-32-2 (.772) if you include 10-0 and 6-3-1 lower level teams that he led in 1987 and 1988 respectively before the Eagles fielded varsity teams. He was honored as the both the 1996 and 1997 Daily Pilot Sea View League Coach of the Year, CIF-SS Division V Coach of the Year and the National Football Foundation Orange County Coach of the Year. The Lancers are led by sixth-year coach Bob McAllister who has a 39-21-1 (.648) record at Carlsbad.