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Football: Bridgford sets passing record

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
By Ben Bolch
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Move over, Mark Sanchez. Way over.

There’s a new single-season record holder for passing touchdowns at Mission Viejo, and it’s Allan Bridgford. And he set the record in only nine games.

With his two-touchdown performance Friday during Mission Viejo’s come-from-behind, 45-31 victory over Dana Hills, Bridgford has passed for 30 touchdowns this season. Sanchez passed for 29 touchdowns in 14 games in 2004.

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Bridgford has at least two games remaining this season. Mission Viejo plays host to Capistrano Valley on Friday before beginning the Pac-5 Division playoffs the following week.

--Ben Bolch

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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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