Southern Section Football

Oak Park 21, L.A. Baptist 0--Jess Garner scored the first touchdown and set up the second with a fumble recovery as the Eagles prevailed in a nonleague game at Monroe High.

Garner, a senior fullback, provided the only points of the first three quarters when he ran three yards for a touchdown as the first period expired and kicked the conversion to cap a 10-play, 79-yard drive.

Tailback Jason Stein, who rushed for a game-high 145 yards in 20 carries, set up Garner’s score with a 28-yard scamper to the L. A. Baptist three-yard line.

Garner, who missed a 31-yard field-goal attempt early in the third quarter, set up the Eagles’ second touchdown by recovering a Dan Stepper fumble at the L. A. Baptist 34. Three plays later, wingback Todd Creason ran 18 yards on a counter play for a touchdown.

Quarterback Gary Silverman, who missed on his first eight pass attempts, accounted for the final Eagle score with an 85-yard bomb to Brian Kane late in the fourth quarter.

The closest L. A. Baptist came to scoring was Kurt Rayner’s 38-yard field-goal attempt with 44 seconds to play.

Tailback Chris Robinson led the Knights with 75 yards in 14 carries but was held to zero yards in eight rushes in the second half.

Stepper completed 7 of 16 passes for 87 yards.