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Football: A month later, how much better is Dorsey?

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
By Ben Bolch
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Dorsey dropped to the No. 12 seeding in the City Section playoffs after closing the regular season with consecutive losses against Crenshaw and Locke, but the Dons looked like anything but an underdog in playoff victories over San Pedro and Taft.

Quarterback Joseph Gray has emerged as a singular talent and the Dons are making the big plays on defense when they need to. But will it be enough against the juggernaut that is Crenshaw, a team that held Dorsey to three first downs and 18 yards during a 44-7 rout last month?

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The Dons could make this game closer, but I don’t see them having enough playmakers to pull out what would be a monumental upset. I will have updates throughout the evening.

--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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