1997 EAGLES

#19 Nick Sparks

Nick Sparks
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6'0"
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Senior
Varsity 2
Laguna Hills
La Paz

At Santa Margarita: Will return as starting place kicker and kick off man; was 2nd team all-league and All-Orange County; had 10 field goals and 52 PATs in 1996; also plays soccer
Personal: Mother, Dixie and father Gary; sisters Tiffany (27) and Jen (25) and brother Danny (22)
College Choices: UCLA, Stanford, Notre Dame, Colorado

1997
Nick has enjoyed another record setting year as the All-Orange County and All-CIF candidate has scored a county record 98 points via kicking. The 98 points are good for 3rd place on the State’s all-time single season scoring list. With nine points against Newport Harbor, Nick now has 179 points in his career which is good for 4th place on the Eagles’ all-time scoring list, and 6th place on the State’s all-time scoring list (unofficial). He is within 7 points of the state single season scoring record of 105, and 7 points from 5th place on the State’s career scoring list. He also kicked two field goals for the third time in his career. At Servite, Nick tied his school record with seven PATs and added a 20-yard field goal. He has yet to miss from less than 40 yards on the season. Against Katella, Sparks extended his school mark by scoring in his 25th consecutive game by hitting six PATs and adding a 29-yard field goal. On the season, Sparks has connected on 68 of 70 PATs and 10 of 14 field goals. He nailed a school record seven PATs vs. both Irvine and Servite. Nick’s field goals have covered 46, 44, 44, 40, 39, 37, 31, 29, 20 and 20 yards.

Misc. Nick has set or tied 17 team records including points kicking in a season (98) and career (179), PATs (68), PAT attempts (70), field goals (10), and field goal attempts (16) in a season, PATs in a game (7, twice), field goals in a game (2, three times), longest field goal attempt (53 yards), career field goals (20), field goal attempts (30), PATs (119), PAT attempts (123), season (.971) and career PAT pct. (.967) and consecutive games scored (27). Nick is tied with Ryan Korinke with the highest field goal pct. - .667 (20 of 30). (Ryan Korinke hit 12 of 18).

In 1996, Nick was named to the All-Sea View League and All-Orange County teams. He hit 37 consecutive PATs at one point and sent 24 kickoffs into the endzone.