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Football: Barkley could surpass Marinovich on Thursday

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
By Ben Bolch
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Mater Dei quarterback Matt Barkley needs only 283 yards to surpass Todd Marinovich’s Orange County record of 9,182 passing yards set from 1984-87 at Mater Dei and Capistrano Valley.

Barkley could set the record Thursday when Mater Dei plays host to Orange Lutheran at Santa Ana Stadium, but it might take the senior another game based on his season average of 256 yards passing per game. Barkley averaged 356 yards as a junior.

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Barkley would have already shattered the record had he not missed three games and part of a fourth. As a freshman, he was injured early in the game during a playoff victory over Colton and did not play the following week against Loyola. As a sophomore, he did not get to play against JSerra because the game was forfeited. As a junior, he did not get to play against St. John Bosco because the game was canceled as a result of brush fires.

--Ben Bolch

Top Photo: Mater Dei quarterback Matt Barkley gets ready for a snap against Carson on Sept. 3 Credit: Kirby Lee / US Presswire. Bottom Photo: Former USC and Mater Dei quarterback Todd Marinovich. Credit: Kirby Lee / US Presswire

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Ben Bolch

Ben Bolch has been a Los Angeles Times staff writer since 1999. He is serving his second stint as the UCLA beat writer, which seems fitting since he has covered almost every sports beat except hockey and horse racing. Bolch is also the author of the recently released book “100 Things UCLA Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.” He previously covered UCLA basketball from 2010-11 before going on to cover the NBA and the Clippers for five years. He happily traded in gobs of hotel points and airline miles to return to cover UCLA basketball and football in the summer of 2016. Bolch was once selected by NBA TV’s “The Starters” as the “Worst of the Week” after questioning their celebrity journalism-style questions at an NBA All-Star game and considers it one of his finer moments.

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