HIGH SCHOOL NOTEBOOK

By MIKE BRESNAHAN

Dec. 8, 2000 12 AM PT

Tyler Ebell owns two national records, but his season isn’t complete--the Ventura running back has never won a championship.

Ebell, a three-year starter, was never on a team that defeated Buena, the Channel League champion four years running.

But Ebell, who set national season records with 4,218 yards rushing and 61 touchdowns, is one victory away from winning a bigger championship--the Southern Section Division IV title.

Ventura (12-1) has not won a divisional title since tying Paso Robles, 14-14, in 1951.

“We’ve got an old school and it’s never been done [outright],” Ebell said “I want to win this for Coach [Phil] McCune. He’s been coaching for a long time and he deserves it as much as anyone else who hasn’t won one.”

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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 NOTEBOOK

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