Santa Margarita vs. Mission Viejo: Live score, updates, highlights from California high school football game
originally appeared on The Sporting News
Santa Margarita hosts Mission Viejo (at Trabuco Hills High School) tonight in a battle of two of California’s premier high school football programs.
The battle features the two best wide receivers in California in our book, Mission Viejo’s Vance Spafford (Miami) and Santa Margarita’s Trent Mosley (USC). Both are seniors and 4-star recruits. Each team has an accomplished 3-star senior QB getting them the ball as well in Mission Viejo’s Luke Fahey (Ohio State) and Santa Margarita’s Trace Johnson (Tulane), the latter of whom is a transfer from Florida heavyweight Buccholz. Both teams have multiple other national recruits and start Division 1 prospects at nearly every position.
Entering the season, Mission Viejo is ranked fifth in the state and Santa Margarita sixth by The Sporting News.
If you’re looking for realtime updates and scoring from the game, you’ve come to the right place. Scroll down once it’s game time as Sporting News has you covered from opening kickoff to postgame.
Santa Margarita vs. Mission Viejo live updates, results, highlights
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THIRD QUARTER:
4:39: After a promising seven-minute and 21-second drive, Santa Margarita narrowly misses a 31-yard field goal.
Santa Margarita leads Mission Viejo 3-0 at halftime. The third quarter is yet to begin.
SECOND QUARTER:
Halftime – Santa Margarita 3, Mission Viejo 0: Tyler Wiegand kicks a field goal as the second quarter expires.
4:18: It’s still scoreless. Mission Viejo to punt after a third-down sack from Vai Manutai.
SM pressuring Fahey, 2nd sack pic.twitter.com/k3zdE3K0Er
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The game is scoreless after one quarter. Santa Margarita has the ball.
FIRST QUARTER:
3:27: The Eagles hold off Mission Viejo in the red zone, including a forced fumble by Leki Holani on 4th-and-inches. They take over in their own red zone.
9:10: Santa Margarita forces a punt to open the game, and Mission Viejo lands it within the 10-yard line.
Santa Margarita vs. Mission Viejo start time
- Date: Friday, Aug. 22
- Time: 7:00 p.m. PT
The opening kickoff is set for 7:00 p.m. PT on Friday, Aug. 22. The game will be played at Trabuco Hills High School in Mission Viejo.