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By Ben Bolch

Nov. 1, 2001 12 AM PT

No. 11 Long Beach Jordan (6-1, 3-0) vs. No. 1 Long Beach Poly (6-1, 3-0) at Long Beach Veterans Stadium, 7 p.m. Friday

Long Beach Poly may be one of the top teams in the nation, but the Jackrabbits lost their only tough matchup this season--against Concord De La Salle. By comparison, Long Beach Jordan has defeated quality opponents, such as Anaheim Esperanza, Compton Dominguez and Chino Hills Ayala. Both teams possess an explosive offense. If Jordan can hang around until the start of the fourth quarter, the Panthers have a shot at a rare Moore League title.

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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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