10th and Long

Jeff Engilman has had at least one 1,000-yard rusher each season at Sylmar since he became the Spartans’ coach in 1987, but the streak is in serious jeopardy. With only two games remaining in the regular season (and an unknown number of playoff games), Donald Carpenter needs 440 yards to hit 1,000.

Will the streak reach 10 seasons? Engilman isn’t holding his breath.

“I’m not gonna get it,” he said. “It shows that my type of offense is not working very well [this year]. We don’t have a breakaway runner.”

Carpenter has 560 yards and 12 touchdowns in 85 carries; Errol Bowen has rushed for 411 yards and three touchdowns in 73 carries.

Here are the previous 1,000-yard rushers under Engilman at Sylmar High:

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YEAR PLAYER YDs TDs 1987 Jerome Casey 1,179 7 1988 Jerome Casey 1,241 12 1989 Jerome Casey 1,447 17 1990 Tobaise Brookins 1,674 20 1991 Tobaise Brookins 1,605 25 1992 Tyrone Crenshaw 1,875 22 Ibn Bilal 1,214 18 1993 Tyrone Crenshaw 1,785 23 1994 Durell Price 1,936 29 1995 Durell Price 1,659 36

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