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Santa Margarita pounds Oaks Christian: Live score, game updates (9/13/2024)

Two of California high school football's best clash as Santa Margarita hosts Oaks Christian

Sam Brown

Santa Margarita faces Oaks Christian on Friday.
Santa Margarita faces Oaks Christian on Friday. / Terry Jack

Two of the best high school football teams in California go head-to-head Friday night as Santa Margarita hosts Oaks Christian.

Santa Margarita is No. 8 in the Top 25 California high school football rankings, and the Lions are No. 19.

The Eagles enter at 2-1 after a pair of back-to-back wins following their season-opening loss to No. 3 Mission Viejo, and Oaks Christian is 1-1 after a 35-10 loss at No. 9 Sierra Canyon last week.

LIVE CALIFORNIA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SCORES

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FINAL: SANTA MARGARITA 37, OAK CHRISTIAN 17

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4TH QUARTER UPDATES

TOUCHDOWN OAKS CHRISTIAN! Freshman quarterback Trey Towns has his first rushing touchdown of the year with a 49-yard dash to the house. Just 4:10 left with Santa Margarita leading 37-17.

TOUCHDOWN SANTA MARGARITA! After nearly 20 minutes of scoreless action, the Eagles break through with a short run from Jack Junker. Santa Margarita leads 37-10 with a little over seven minutes to go.

3RD QUARTER UPDATES

Santa Margarita is methodically driving, but the third quarter ends without a score change.

Santa Margarita takes less than a minute to go three-and-out before a punt. Oaks Christian ball on their own 35.

2ND QUARTER UPDATES

FIELD GOAL OAKS CHRISTIAN! Noah LaBerge hits a field goal and the Lions trim the lead. Santa Margarita up 30-10 heading into the locker room.

TOUCHDOWN SANTA MARGARITA! Jack Junker scores for the Eagles to extend their lead to 30-7 just before halftime.

TOUCHDOWN SANTA MARGARITA! Washington State commit Sean Embree Jr. hauls in a 72-yard touchdown pass to give Santa Margarita a 24-7 lead with 4:10 left in the half. The two-point was good.

TOUCHDOWN SANTA MARGARITA! Trent Mosley busts loose again, this time on a 67-yard punt return for a TD to give Santa Margarita a 16-7 lead with just under 6 minutes left in the first half.

SANTA MARGARITA FIELD GOAL!: A 28-yard field goal gives Santa Margarita a 9-7 lead with just under 8 minutes left in the first half.

Oaks Christian leads 7-6 to start the second quarter.

1ST QUARTER UPDATES

TOUCHDOWN OAKS CHRISTIAN!: Christian Knoos returns an interception 41 yards for a touchdown on the final play of the first quarter to give OC a 7-6 lead.

TOUCHDOWN SANTA MARGARITA! Four-star WR Trent Mosley takes a short pass and goes 80 yards down the sideline for a touchdown. The conversion fails. 6-0 Santa Margarita with 1:43 left in the 1st quarter.

Oaks Christian returns the opening kickoff 11 yards and has the ball on their own 15-yard line.

-- Sam Brown | sam@scorebooklive.com | @sblivesports

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SAM BROWN

Sam Brown covers high school sports as well as NCAA football and basketball. Sam began his professional career as a high school sports reporter for The Tennessean in Nashville where he covered boys and girls prep sports full-time and helped cover Vanderbilt football, Tennessee Titans football and Nashville Predators hockey. He graduated from Middle Tennessee State University with a double major in journalism and communication studies and currently lives in Seattle with his girlfriend and dog.  

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