First-year Coach Mike Nobles knew that building a successful football program at Saddleback High School in Santa Ana, California, wasn’t going to be easy. He didn’t realize that three games into his tenure, the Roadrunners would be unable to field enough players to compete in their scheduled Orange Coast League opener.
After three consecutive one-sided losses, by a combined score of 123–16, and a spate of injuries that left the team with only 19 healthy players, Saddleback opted to forfeit its scheduled Sept. 15 contest against Orange.
