Santa Margarita basketball makes it a rough night for Damien in playoffs
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RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA – You would expect it from Kaiden Bailey. The 21 points, the three 3-pointers in the first quarter, the hair. But Jacob Sears? Not so much. But that’s what you get with Santa Margarita’s boys basketball team. The stars shine and the subs become heroes. In the first round of pool play in the Open Division of the CIF Southern Section playoffs, the stars aligned and Sears scored 17 points as second-seeded Santa Margarita scored an 81-71 victory at home over Damien. The 10th-seeded Spartans were game in defeat. They were down by 21 in the third quarter but clawed their way to within 10 with 1:27 to play. They couldn’t keep up with the explosive nature of the Santa...