Story by L.T.Willis
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| Santa Margarita and Los Alamitos at Veterans Stadium. All Photos by T.G. Sports' 'Eric Wade & EW/GEMS Images. |
Our Thursday night game of the week feature the Santa Margarita Eagles and the Los Alamitos Griffins at Veterans Field. It didn't take long for the fireworks to start with just 13 seconds into the game the Griffins struck first as Cody Paul broke free and scored on a 72 yard touchdown run to take a 7-0 lead. The Eagles responded with a 65yard drive of their own and Johnny Stanton scored on a 1 yard run to tie the game 7-7. The Griffins answer back as Lagarde connected with Josh Caiquo for 61 yard touch down pass to take a 14-7.The Eagles again march the field and with 2:47 left in the first quarter running back Ryan Wolpin scored on a 5 yard run to the game at 14-14. The Eagles held and got the ball back in with good field position and with 57 seconds left Johnny Stanton on a keeper ran for 52 yards and scored and now the Eagles leads 21-14 at the end of the first quarter.
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| Santa Margarita's Johnny Stanton ties the game at 7-7. |
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| Los Alamitos' Cody Paul breaks free for the first score of the game with a 72 yard touchdown run and a 7-0 lead. |
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Santa Margarita's Ryan Wolpin ties the game 14-14. |
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| Los Alamitos QB Dylan Lagarde threw a 61 yard touchdown pass to Josh Caiquo to take a 14-7 lead. |
The Griffins defense in the second quarter were showing signs that they could slow down the Eagles offense as both teams went back and forth, but it wasn't until 2:38 left in the 2nd quarter the Eagles drove the field and Johnny Stanton scored on a 3 yard run to make the score 28-14 at the half. In the first half the Eagles massive offensive line were just simply over powering the Griffins and their own offensive just couldn't generate any more points in the first half. In the 3rd quarter the Eagles' John McGrory kicked a 27 yard field goal and the score was now 31-14.The Eagles pined the Griffins deep inside their own 10 yard line when the Eagles' defensive back Reid Andrew intercepted the ball and gave his offensive great field position.
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| The Griffins defense were making plays to get their team back into the game. |
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| The Griffins QB Dylan Lagarde trying to keep them in the game trailing 38-27 late into the fourth quarter. |
Late in the 4th quarter the Griffins got back on the score board when Cody Paul powered in for a 5 yard run and now the Griffins trailed 38-21 with 4:44 left on the clock. Moments later after the Griffins kicked off to the Eagles they got another brake as Eagles' quarterback Johnny Stanton fumble and the Griffins recovered inside the 10 yard line. A couple of plays later The Griffins scored again on a 7 yard touchdown pass from Kyle Roberts and now the score was 38-27.You knew a onside kick was coming and the Eagles recovered it and ran the clock out as Stanton took a knee. Ryan Wolpin had a career night as he carried the ball 37 times and 206 yards and 2 touchdowns. Johnny Stanton had 156 yards and scored 3 touchdowns.You can check out highlights from the game plus post game interviews. All photos and videos were by T.G.Sports Eric Wade and EW/GEMS Images.
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