Fullerton (1-0) vs. Santa Ana Valley (1-0)

By BEN BOLCH

Sept. 16, 2000 12 AM PT

7 TONIGHT SANTA ANA STADIUM

Each team posted a lopsided victory in its opener, but only one will keep the momentum going tonight. Last week, Santa Ana Valley pounded Santiago, 42-7, and Fullerton topped Anaheim, 36-6. Fullerton displayed quite an offensive punch with receiver Daniel Fells and running back Ryan Murray. Fells had six of his seven receptions in the game’s first 10 minutes, and Murray finished with three touchdowns. Santa Ana Valley has a stifling defense that had two sacks and forced two fumbles last week. Quarterback James Burgueno leads the Falcon offense.

KEY PLAYERS

Fullerton

QB Michael Echaves

54%, 162 yds., 1 TD

RB Ryan Murray

14 carries, 122 yds.

WR Daniel Fells

7 rec., 89 yds.

Santa Ana Valley

QB James Burgueno

47%, 186 yds., 2 TDs

RB Augie Carrillo

8 carries, 82 yds., 1 TD

WR Lance Johnson

3 rec., 78 yds., 2 TDs

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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.

Fullerton (1-0) vs. Santa Ana Valley (1-0)

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