2000 EAGLES

A.B. Miller - CIF Game Notes

This is the second meeting between Santa Margarita and the A. B. Miller Rebels, and the second year in a row that these two schools have met in the CIF-SS Division I Playoffs. Last year, the Rebels gained 492 yards (including 469 yards on the ground), and forced four Eagle fumbles in a convincing 31-0 win. (A full recap of that game is included herein).

The Eagles are seeded 5th in the Division I Playoffs and have been ranked in the Division I Top 10 for 17 of 20 polls since joining this division in 1999. They are ranked 4th in Orange County, and have been in the Orange County Top 10 for 59 of the past 67 polls.

This year, the Eagles have been entered in the playoffs for the 11th time in 12 seasons.

Head Coaches
Eagle Head Coach Jim Hartigan is 108-36-1 (.748) in his 12th season as varsity Head Coach. Overall Coach Hartigan has a 124-39-2 (.758) 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. Coach Hartigan has directed his squads into the playoffs in ten of their 11 seasons and has never posted a losing season. Jim has coached in three CIF Championship Games, winning two, and several exciting games including two recognized as State Games of the Week during the 1998 season, a National Game of the Year (the 1997 CIF Championship Game) and the 1997 Orange County All-Star Game. The Rebels are led by 6th-year coach John Tyree who is 27-26 (.509) at A. B. Miller.

By Adrian Peters
Sports Information Director