2018 EAGLES

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Santa Margarita Eagles Football 6 Eagles Commit
Congratulations to RB Jake Thomas (Boise State), OL Brandon Schillig (Chicago), LB Matt Lynch (Chicago), LB Connor Burke (Washington University - St. Louis), OL Nate Clay (Black Hills State), and OL Matthew Kilander (USD) from the class of 2019 who have committed to play football at the next level.
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Santa Margarita Eagles Football Jake Thomas Awarded NFF Scholar-Athlete Award
The National Football Foundation’s Orange County Chapter had its 49th annual Scholar-Athlete Awards Banquet at Great Wolf Lodge in Garden Grove. The event honored 98 Orange County football players who maintained a 3.5 grade point average or higher, while receiving all-league first team recognition. The honorees included O.C. high school and community college football players and Chapman University players.
NFF Eagles

Santa Margarita Eagles Football 4 Eagles to play in the OC All-Star Game
OL Matt Kilander, RB Jake Thomas, WR Kareem Amer, CB Blake Bianchini were chosen to play for the South Team in the annual Orange County All-Star Game. The Eagle Coaching staff were the South coaches. Congratulations to Sean Embree (Head Coach), Anthony Rouzier, Max Onyegbule, and Corey Overton. This is the 3rd time in school history that the Eagles coaching staff have led the South team.
All-Star Eagles

Santa Margarita Eagles Football 3 Eagles nominated for All-State
DB Blake Bianchini, LB Martin Hartigan, and RB Jake Thomas were all nominated by Cal-Hi for All-State.
All-State Eagles

Santa Margarita Eagles Football Chase Nenad named All-County
WR Chase Nenad was named to the OC Register All-County 3rd Team.
All-County Eagles

Santa Margarita Eagles Football 8 Eagles named All-Trinity League
RB Jake Thomas, WR Chase Nenad, LB Matt Hartigan, and DB Blake Bianchini were named 1st Team All-Trinity League. QB Peter Costelli, OL Matt Kilander, DL Greg Doyle, and DL Logan Schwenke were named 2nd Team.
All-League Eagles

Santa Margarita Eagles Football JSerra 42 - Eagles 14
Sr. RB Jake Thomas rushed 32 times for 211 yards and 1 TD. Soph QB Peter Costelli was 11/24 for 201 yards 1TD and 1 INT. Senior WR Kareem Amer caught 2 passes for 99 yards. Soph TE Drew Sulick caught 4 passes for 19 yards. Senior LB Matt Lynch finished with 8 tackles (2 solo 6 asst), 1 TFL and 1 Sack.
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Santa Margarita Eagles Football St. John Bosco 49 - Eagles 14
Sr. RB Jake Thomas rushed 23 times for 134 yards and caught 3 passes for 55 yards and 1 TD. Sophomore TE Gary Morrison caught 3 passes for 35 yards and 1 TD. Senior LB Beck Williams had 12 tackles (3 solo 9 asst) and Senior DB Blake Bianchini finished with 10 tackles (5 solo 5 asst).
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Santa Margarita Eagles Football Servite 30 - Eagles 23
RB Nick Barcelos rushed 12 times for 83 yards. RB Jake Thomas added 16 rushes for 67 yards. WR Chase Nenad caught 8 passes for 92 yards. DE Gregory Doyle racked up 11 tackles (3 solo 8 asst). DB Blake Bianchini also contributed 11 tackles (10 solo 1 asst.) and an interception.
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Santa Margarita Eagles Football Mater Dei 49 - Eagles 7
Soph. QB Peter Costelli completed 14/29 for 191 yards and 1 TD. WR Jake Ebach caught 4 passes for 113 yards and 1 TD. WR Chase Nenad caught 8 passes for 70 yards. Defensively Blake Bianchini finished with 6 tackles.
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Santa Margarita Eagles Football Orange Lutheran 39 - Eagles 37
After taking a 37-36 lead with roughly two minutes remaining, the Eagles gave their best defensive effort to hold on for the win but lost on a last second Field Goal. RB Nick Barcelos rushed 24 times for 149 yards. QB Peter Costelli was 17/26 for 294 yards and 4 TDs.
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Santa Margarita Eagles Football Orem 51 - Eagles 46
Soph. QB Peter Costelli passed for a career-high 416 yards. WR Chase Nenad burned the Tigers for 220 yards on 11 receptions (20.0 average) and scored three touchdowns. Jake Ebach added five receptions for 132 yards (26.4 average) and one touchdown. This is the first game ever for the Eagles where they had a 200 yard and 100 yard receiver in the same game. Giacomo Boccuzzi booted a career-high 44 yard field goal and was 5/5 on PAT kicks.
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Santa Margarita Eagles Football Eagles 55 - Mayfair 7
RB Jake Thomas ran for 152 yards on 17 attempts (8.9 average) and scored 5 TDs. The five scores was just one off the school record of six, set by Ryan Wolpin in 2012 against Carson. QB Peter Costelli had another solid game with 235 yards passing and 63 yards rushing. The Eagles racked-up 513 yards of total offense and 21 first downs.
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Santa Margarita Eagles Football Cherry Creek 21 - Eagles 14
The Eagles came up short against the #2 ranked team in Colorado (Class 5A). RB Jake Thomas rushed for 111 yards and 2 TDs. WR Chase Nenad caught 8 passes for 100 yards. LB Jack Lynch registered 11 tackles and DE Logan Schwenke had 2.5 sacks.
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Santa Margarita Eagles Football Mission Viejo 30 - Eagles 20
The Eagles fought hard but lost the battle with crosstown rival Mission Viejo. LB Connor Burke finished the game with 11 tackles and 1 sack. RB Jake Thomas rushed 23 times for 71 yards adding 4 catches for 67 yards.
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Santa Margarita Eagles Football Eagles 59 - Downey Vikings 21
The Eagles opened the 2018 season with resounding 59-21 victory over the visiting Vikings. The Eagles offense picked-up where it left off last season by amassing 498 yards of total offense (325 passing & 173 rushing).
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