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Football: Tesoro and Orange Lutheran coming up

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
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Orange Lutheran Coach Jim Kunau said running back Kyle Dravis, receiver Terrence Brown and linebacker Jeremiah Pemasa didn’t practice this week because of assorted injuries but all are expected to play tonight in the Lancers’ Pac-5 Division semifinal against Tesoro at Santa Ana Stadium.

‘We’re excited to play,’ Kunau said. ‘They’re a great team with no weaknesses. We’re excited to challenge ourselves.’

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Tesoro Coach Brian Barnes said his father, Los Alamitos Coach John Barnes, would be watching from the sideline. The elder Barnes had watched several Titans games from the press box earlier this season, but his son moved him to the sideline last week against Mater Dei and things worked out well during a victory over the Monarchs.

The winner of this all-Orange County matchup will face top-seeded Long Beach Poly in the championship game next Saturday at Angel Stadium.

--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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