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Football: Wolpin Leads Santa Margarita Past JSerra
The running back scores four touchdowns as the Eagles move into a tie for second place in the Trinity League.
Ryan Wolpin rushed for four touchdowns and Santa Margarita Catholic moved into a tie for second place in the Trinity League with a 42-14 victory over JSerra Friday at Saddleback College.
Wolpin ran for three scores in the first half as the Eagles (7-1, 2-1) built a 28-0 lead. He rushed for 169 of Santa Margarita's 350 rushing yards. Johnny Stanton passed for 166 yards, including an 81-yard scoring pass to Sean Modster, and rushed for 85.
Wolpin scored on runs of 26, 3, 10 and 7 yards. Alex Suchesk scored on a 54-yard run in the third quarter.
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JSerra (3-5, 0-3) trailed 35-0 before it finally scored on a pass from Jake Hall to Jonavaughn Williams.
Hall completed 12 of 23 passes for 161 yards, 105 of those to Williams, who caught seven passes.
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Santa Margarita's two remaining games are against the two teams it's battling for the league title; it plays St. John Bosco (6-2, 2-1) next week, and Servite (8-0, 3-0) in the season finale.
JSerra faces Orange Lutheran (6-2, 1-2) next week and closes against Mater Dei (3-5, 1-2).
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