No. 4 Los Alamitos (1-0) vs. No. 6 Santa Margarita (1-0)

By BEN BOLCH

Sept. 15, 2000 12 AM PT

7 TONIGHT CAL STATE FULLERTON

With a victory in this nonleague game, Los Alamitos’ John Barnes would surpass Clare Van Hoorebeke to become the third-winningest coach in county history with 191 victories. Barnes then would need 22 more victories to eclipse Dick Hill’s county record of 212. But it is far from a given that Barnes’ team will win tonight. Santa Margarita looks vastly improved in its second season in Division I, with quarterback Matt Dlugolecki and running back Tyler Thompson leading a balanced offensive attack. The game is being televised live by Fox Sports Net 2.

KEY PLAYERS

Los Alamitos

QB Mike Catalano

77%, 68 yds., 2 TDs

WR Steve Shinen

4 rec., 44 yds., 1 TD

RB Adam Nauta

73 yards, 2 TDs

Santa Margarita

QB Matt Dlugolecki

68%, 190 yds., 2 TDs

RB Tyler Thompson

83 yds., 2 TDs

DB Ashton White

1 interception

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. 4 Los Alamitos (1-0) vs. No. 6 Santa Margarita (1-0)

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