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Football: A weekend to remember for Bill Redell?

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
By Ben Bolch
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It could be a weekend of milestones for Bill Redell.

The Oaks Christian coach is scheduled to emcee the 50th reunion of the San Marino High Class of 1959 on Saturday at Balboa Bay Club in Newport Beach.

An even more momentous occasion could come Friday, when a victory over nationally regarded Sammamish (Wash.) Skyline could give Redell his 200th victory in 22 years as a high school coach. It won’t come easy.

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Skyline is a two-time defending state champion that has a 30-game winning streak and features Brigham Young-bound quarterback Jake Heaps.

‘With the exception of St. Bonaventure and Cardinal Newman, it will be the best team we’ve played since I’ve been at Oaks Christian,’ said Redell, who is 110-11-1 in his 10 years with the Lions.

Oaks Christian is scheduled to depart for Seattle on Thursday morning and practice later in the day at the University of Washington. The game starts at 7 Friday and will be televised by ESPNU.

--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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