Los Alamitos - CIF Game Notes
| Situational Record | ||
| Varsity Game No. and Record: | 158 | 116-38-3 (.748) |
| Road Game No. and Record: | 77 | 54-22 (.711) |
| Playoff Record | 18-9 | (.667) |
| Record vs Los Alamitos | 1-1 | 3rd Meeting |
| Record vs. Orange County Schools | 64-28-1 | (.694) |
| Record in Week 12 | 4-4 | (.500) |
| Record as a Division I team: | 22-9-2 | (.697) |
| Record vs. Division I teams: | 33-12-1 | (.728) |
The Eagles are 8-1-2 as they enter Week 12 of their 13th varsity season. This marks the ninth time in that the Eagles have advanced to the quarterfinal round of CIF-SS Playoffs, but the first since 1998. Eagle teams have a 4-4 record in 2nd round play.
The Los Alamitos Griffins are 8-2-1 on the year with one loss being a 21-14 setback to the Eagles in Week 2. They finished tied for first in Sunset League play with a 4-0-1 record, and defeated St. Paul 28-7 last week.
This is the third meeting between Los Al and Santa Margarita, and the second this year at Veteran's Stadium. The series is tied 1-1, and complete recaps of prior Griffin-Eagle contests are included herein.
Santa Margarita is 3-1 in "rematch" games. They defeated Newport Harbor in the 1996 and 1997 playoffs, beat Irvine in the 1998 semi's, but lost to Woodbridge in the 1998 CIF title game.
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 .748 winning percentage is the best in Orange County.
Head Coaches
Jim Hartigan, 41, is 116-38-3 (.748) in his 13th season as the
Eagles' varsity Head Coach. Overall, Coach Hartigan has a 132-41-4
(.757) record in 15 seasons 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 has won four League Championships
and two CIF Titles - all coming in the past six years. Jim 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 12
of their 13 seasons, including 2001, and has never posted a losing
season. Jim has coached six High School All-Americans, 68 players
who have gone on to the collegiate ranks and three who have played
in the NFL. His 28-game winning streak from 1996-98 is the second
best in Orange County history. The Griffins are led by 23rd year
coach John Barnes who has a career mark of 203-62 (.766).
Eagle Playoff History (18-9)
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
SM 43, Rialto 30
SM @ Los Alamitos
Underline indicates home team
* CIF Championship Game
By Adrian Peters
Sports Information Director
