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North All-Stars Win Behind Strong Defense

By Ben Bolch
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The North forced three turnovers and registered four sacks in a 23-3 victory over the South on Friday night before 6,000 at Orange Coast College in the Orange County all-star football game.

Orange El Modena linebacker Adam Lancisero, the defensive most valuable player, had a blocked punt, an interception and a sack for the North, which scored 16 points off turnovers. Lancisero returned an interception 53 yards late in the second quarter to set up the first touchdown.

Mike Patterson of Los Alamitos, a 6-foot, 290-pound defensive lineman, ran seven yards up the middle to give the North a 7-3 lead. Patterson was selected offensive player of the game.

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Los Alamitos receiver Tony Holder caught two touchdown passes in the fourth quarter.

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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.

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