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Football: Punting game bites Bishop Amat again

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
By Ben Bolch
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Bishop Amat would be blowing Lakewood out except for its punting game.

Kevin Anderson just returned a punt 64 yards for a touchdown to give Lakewood a 20-17 lead over Bishop Amat with 44 seconds left in the third quarter. Anderson picked up a crunching block on his way to the end zone.

All three of Lakewood’s touchdowns have been set up by either poor coverage on punts or a muffed snap that was fallen on by the Bishop Amat punter.

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--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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