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Football: It’s almost time for Crenshaw-Dorsey

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
By Ben Bolch
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The stands are filling up about an hour before top-ranked Crenshaw plays host to Coliseum League rivaly Dorsey in what could amount to one of the final stumbling blocks for the Cougars in their quest to become the first City Section team to play in a CIF state championship bowl game.

Crenshaw Coach Robert Garrett said getting ready to face Dorsey’s three-quarterback system was ‘like preparing for three teams’ because each player presents different challenges for the Cougars defense.

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Crenshaw has won the last two meetings in the series. I’ll provide scoring updates throughout the game, provided I don’t get kicked out of the cramped press box.

--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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