HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK

By MIKE BRESNAHAN

Sept. 28, 1999 12 AM PT

Simi Valley receiver and running back Calvin Bell is expected to play Friday in a Marmonte League opener against Moorpark.

Bell, who strained a thigh while punting during practice last week, did not play in a 48-6 loss to Crescenta Valley.

“We kept him out for league,” Simi Valley Coach Ron Veres said. “We’ve got to take care of him.”

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Mike Bresnahan

Mike Bresnahan previously covered the Lakers for the Los Angeles Times. He started the beat in 2004, a month after Shaquille O’Neal was traded, and covered several seasons of mediocrity before the Lakers won back-to-back championships in 2009 and 2010. Now they’re back to mediocrity. Bresnahan is from Los Angeles, started with The Times after graduating the University of Wisconsin in 1994, and has also covered the L.A. Kings, pro beach volleyball and numerous colleges and high schools. He left The Times in 2016.

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK

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