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Football: Mater Dei will play L.A. Jordan at L.A. Southwest College

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
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L.A. Jordan Coach Elijah Asante confirmed today that the Bulldogs will play Mater Dei at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 25 at L.A. Southwest College as part of an ambitious 2009 schedule.

The Bulldogs will also play home games against St. Bonaventure and Locke, tentatively scheduled for L.A. Southwest College, and will play Esperanza at Placentia Valencia High.

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‘It’s not easy to get these schools because everyone wants a shot at them,’ Asante said. ‘We might be a top team in the City Section, but these teams we’re going after are the top teams in the country.’

Jordan played the same nonleague schedule last year, going 1-3 with a victory over Locke, but Asante hailed it as a success because it prepared the Bulldogs for Eastern League play and the City Section playoffs. Jordan won a 4-A playoff game for the first time in school history, defeating Fremont, 21-12.

--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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