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Football: El Camino Real on verge of moving on up

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
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Woodland Hills El Camino Real is playing perhaps its biggest game in 20 years Friday when it plays host to Taft, a team it hasn’t defeated since 1991.

El Camino Real Coach Kevin Williams has worked wonders in his three years with the Conquistadors, with the team off to a 7-0 start that is believed to be the best in school history. El Camino Real appears poised for the top seeding in the City Section Division II playoffs and should it win the title, Williams said he would move his team up to Division I for 2010.

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‘It’s my belief that if you’re in Division II and you win, you should have to move up,’ Williams said.

The Conquistadors already have a marquee victory over Newhall Hart and could be the top-seeded team in Division II even if they lose to Taft. Arleta, the defending Division II champion, is undefeated on the field but suffered a season-opening forfeit loss against L.A. Marshall. The Mustangs haven’t beaten anyone near the caliber of Hart.

--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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