No. 1 Esperanza (8-1, 4-0) vs. No. 2 Edison (8-1, 4-0)

By BEN BOLCH

Nov. 9, 2000 12 AM PT

7 TONIGHT HUNTINGTON BEACH HIGH

Orange County didn’t need BCS rankings to pit its top two teams against one another; all it took was a little luck in scheduling. It’s only fitting that Edison and Esperanza play to decide the Sunset League title considering the way they manhandled their league foes. The game will be a battle between two top running backs: Esperanza’s Temitope Sonuyi and Edison’s Darryl Poston. Sonuyi is the county’s leading rusher, while Poston has excelled recently after injuries limited his production earlier this season. Charger defender A.J. Martinez leads the county with eight interceptions.

KEY PLAYERS

Esperanza

RB Temitope Sonuyi

1,876 yds., 24 TDs

QB Ryan Sausedo

52%, 155 yds., 5 TDs

WR Anthony Vicencia

35 rec., 544 yds., 4 TDs

Edison

RB Darryl Poston

1,184 yds., 16 TDs

QB Richard Schwartz

57%, 1,364 yds., 14 TDs

DB A.J. Martinez

8 interceptions

High School Sports

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.

No. 1 Esperanza (8-1, 4-0) vs. No. 2 Edison (8-1, 4-0)

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