SM 35, St. John Bosco 17 (BELLFLOWER, Oct., 29, 1999)

The Eagles used four touchdowns from Tyler Thompson to rebounded from their loss to Alemany to post a commanding 35-17 win over St. John Bosco. The win was both the 100th in school history as well as for Head Coach Jim Hartigan. With the win improved the Eagles to 6-2 and into a tie with Mater Dei atop the Serra League standings at 1-0, while the Braves fell to 2-6, 0-1. Santa Margarita started off red hot as they needed only three plays to go 68 yards for a 7-0 lead as Thompson burst through the left side for a 49-yard scoring run. A Derek Williams 33-yard run at the 7:21 mark of the second quarter pulled the Braves to within one, but the PAT was missed. On the ensuing kickoff, Thompson scooped up the ball at the 12 and raced 88 yards for the Eagles first kick return touchdown since 1997, and longest since 1990. A 33-yard Brave field goal at the 1:23 mark sent the teams to the locker room with the Eagles ahead 14-9. A Brave Td on their first drive put them ahead briefly at 17-14, as Chris Rix needed only three plays to find David Doomey for a 56-yard touchdown pass and a 21-17 lead that put the Eagles on top for good. Thompson's third Td from 54-yards out late in the third quarter and his fourth on a one-yard plunge in the fourth quarter tied the school record for touchdowns in a game and closed out the scoring. RB Jimmy Herzog matched his season high by rushing for 161 yards on 20 carries while Thompson finished with 130 on only 10 carries. Chris Rix passed for 113 (including 84 to Doomey) and rushed for 88 more as the Eagles amassed 492 yards of offense. Defensively, the Eagles limited the Braves to only three completions on 13 attempts. Standouts included Travis Okamoto who posted a career-high 10 tackles, while Thompson recorded nine tackles, Jimmy Whithorne and Matt Vogel (eight tackles each) and Trent Zinn intercepted his second pass of the season.