Servite - Game Notes
| Varsity Game No. and Record: |
165 | 121-40-3 (.752) |
| Home Game No. and Record: |
80 | 56-23 (.709) |
| Record at Cal. St. Fullerton | 8-2-1 | (.773) |
| Week 7 Record: | 9-3-1 | (.731) |
| Record vs. Servite: | 4-2-1 | (2002 is 8th Mtg) |
| Record vs. Orange County Schools: | 68-29-1 | (.699) |
| Record vs. Serra League teams (since ’91): |
14-4-1 | (.763) |
| Record vs. Catholic Schools: | 20-7-1 | (.732) |
| Record on Thursday: | 12-3 | (.800) |
| Record as a Division I team: | 27-11-2 | (.700) |
The Eagles enter Week 2 of Serra League play with a 5-1 overall record and 0-1 league mark. Their 5-1 record is their best start to a season since 1999.
This is the eighth game between Santa Margarita and the Servite Friars. It is also their fourth meeting at Cal State Fullerton and as members of the Serra League. The Eagles are 3-0 vs. Servite at Cal State Fullerton and 1-1-1 in Serra League play. In 2001, Eagle kicker Jason Graban tied a school record with three field goals, but Mike Lawrence's 30-yard field goal with 0:09 left gave the Friars a 16-16 tie at Saddleback College. With the tie the Eagles were able to capture their second consecutive Serra League Championship.
The Friars are 6-0 and off to their best start in years. They opened Serra League play with a convincing 37-20 win on the road against Bishop Amat. Last year, they finished 5-4-1, and in 2000 they finished 7-4 and advanced to the first round of the CIF Playoffs. Servite is led by 14th-year coach Bruce Larry Toner who is 92-61-2 (.600) overall with the Friars. He has a 2-3-1 mark against the Eagles.
The Eagles are ranked 5th in Orange County, 7th in CIF-SS Division I, 6th and 14th in Southern California per the L.A. Times. They have been ranked in the Orange County Top 10 for 77 of the last 85 polls, including 22 in a row, and in the CIF Division I Top 10 for 33 of the 37 weekly polls since joining Division I in 1999.
Eagle - Friar History (SM leads 4-2-1)
1991 SM 13, Servite 12 @ Orange Coast College
1996 Servite 38, SM 27 @ Saddleback College
1997 SM 55, Servite 14 @ Cal State Fullerton
1997 SM 59, Servite 18 @ Cal State Fullerton
1999 Servite 31, SM 27 @ Saddleback College
2000 SM 41, Servite 26 @ Cal State Fullerton
2001 SM 16, Servite 16 @ Saddleback College
Head Coach Jim Hartigan - AFCA
Jim Hartigan, 42, is 121-40-3 (.747) in his 14th season as the Eagles'
varsity Head Coach. Overall, Coach Hartigan has a 137-43-4 (.755) record
in 16 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 in the past six
years and has seen his team ranked as high as 12th in the nation (USA
Today). 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 seven in a row, and has never posted a losing season. He has
coached ten High School All-Americans, 72 players who have gone on to
play in the collegiate ranks and five who have gone on to the NFL. His
28-game winning streak from 1996-98 is the second best in Orange County
history.
By Adrian Peters
Sports Information Director
