Eagles 21 - Dorsey 10
MISSION VIEJO, CA., September 12, 2014 – The Eagles outgained the Dons 432 to 236 while junior QB KJ Costello continued his remarkable start to the 2014 season by completing 22 of 35 passes for 315 yards and two touchdowns including a 45-yard scoring play to Kyle Sweet as the clock expired in the 2nd quarter to give the Eagles a 14-3 halftime lead. He later hit Matt Mark (11 carries for 31 yards and a four-yard TD run) on a 31-yard scoring pass to build the lead to 21-3 in the 3rd quarter. Sweet caught a school record 15 passes for 210 yards to increase his season totals to 30 receptions for 444 yards. Defensively, junior LB Austin Barrette collected a team-high 13 tackles while senior DE Rick Wade collected 11 with 1 1/2 sacks and a pass broken up thrown in to lead the defensive effort.
| Santa Margarita | 0 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| Dorsey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
DOR – Ghang 30 FG
SM – Mark 4 run (Sweet kick)
SM – Sweet 45 pass from Costello (Sweet kick)
SM – Mark 32 pass from Costello (Sweet kick)
DOR – Harper 50 run (Ghang kick)
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Rushing: Dor - Harper 12-67, Blackwell Jr. 12-30; SM - Mark 11-24, Caragao 12-63
Passing: Dor - Evans 10-20-1-132; SM - Costello 22-35-1-319
Receiving: Dor - Hayes 4-48, Moore 4-67; SM - Bianchini 4-49, Sweet 15-201
By Adrian Peters
Sports Information Director
Santa Margarita’s Sweet has record night
MISSION VIEJO – Kyle Sweet finished with a school-record 15 catches Friday night, but it was the one he snared on the final play of the first half that will stick in his memory long after the rest.
Sweet came down with a tipped Hail Mary pass for a 45-yard touchdown, giving Santa Margarita some much-needed breathing room in a 21-10 intersectional victory against Dorsey of Los Angeles at Saddleback College.
Sweet finished with 201 receiving yards en route to besting the previous record of 14 catches set by Brian Finneran, who went on to play 13 seasons in the NFL.
“It was kind of like a weight lifted off my shoulders,” said Sweet, who came within one catch of tying the record against Bishop Gorman of Las Vegas last season. “It definitely feels good, but I can’t take all the credit.”
Sweet was referring the rest of the offense, particularly junior quarterback K.J. Costello, who completed 22 of 35 passes for 319 yards and two touchdowns.
On the Hail Mary play, Dorsey tried to run out the first-half clock after surrendering the first touchdown of the game with 1:07 remaining. The Dons were forced to call a timeout with five seconds left to avoid a delay-of-game penalty, then punted the ball out of bounds near midfield as the clock expired. The Santa Margarita coaching staff immediately held up one finger, indicating there should be a second left on the clock.
The officials huddled and agreed, giving the Eagles possession at the Dorsey 45-yard line. Costello dropped back and heaved the ball toward the goal line, where a handful of players from both teams leaped in the air near the 5-yard line. Sweet hung back near the 2 and neatly snagged the tipped ball about a foot off the ground and then dived across the goal line. The Eagles took a 14-3 lead into the locker room.
“That was just the right place at the right time,” Sweet said. “I knew there was a good chance of it getting tipped, so I just put myself in the right position.”
By Dan Arritt
Saturday, September 13, 2014
The Orange County Register
