The Eagles are 7-1-2 as they enter Week 11 of their 13th varsity season. This marks the 12th time in 13 years that the Eagles have qualified for the CIF-SS Playoffs including seven in a row.

The Rialto Knights are 7-3 on the year, and finished third in Citrus Belt League play with a 3-2 record.

This is the first meeting between Rialto and Santa Margarita, but the third season in a row that the Eagles have played a CBL team in the first round. A full listing of the Eagles' playoff results is at left.

Santa Margarita finished 2-0-1 in Serra League play and captured their fourth league title in six years and second in a row.

Their .747 winning percentage is the best in Orange County. View Here.

Head Coaches
Jim Hartigan is 115-38-3 (.747) in his 13th season as the Eagles' Varsity Head Coach. (See full profile herein). The Knights are led by 2nd-year coach Don Markham who is 13-7 (.650) at Rialto after winning nearly 270 games during a stellar 30-year career that included stints at Bloomington, Leuzinger and Colton.

Eagle Playoff History (17-9)
1989
SM 20, Beaumont 0
Carpenteria 21, SM 14

1990
SM 17, Claremont 13
SM 24, Bell Gardens 14
Baldwin Park 13, SM 7

1991
SM 29, Colton 22
Palm Desert 26, SM 25

1992
SM 28, Glendora 7
Foothill 35, SM 28

1993
Damien 25, SM 20

1995
SM 42, Tustin 22
Western 25, SM 10

1996
SM 51, El Modena 6
SM 38, Valencia 0
SM 31, Tustin 0
SM 38, Newport Harbor 0*

1997
SM 45, Katella 7
SM 59, Servite 18
SM 27, Newport Harbor 7
SM 55, Tustin 42*

1998
SM 28, Aliso Niguel 14
SM 28, Tustin 19
SM 17, Irvine 0
Woodbridge 27, SM 24*

1999
A. B. Miller 31, SM 0

2000
A. B. Miller 27 vs. SM 21 (OT)

2001
Rialto @ SM

Underline indicates home team
* CIF Championship Game