SOUTHERN SECTION

By Ben Bolch

Nov. 8, 2001 12 AM PT

No. 8 Redlands (9-0, 4-0) vs. No. 25 Rialto (7-2, 3-1) at University of Redlands, Friday, 7:30 p.m.

This is a matchup of teams starved for a league title. Redlands has not won a Citrus Belt title since 1977, when it finished in a three-way tie, and has not won an outright title since 1974. Rialto has not won a title in its 10-year history. Each features a run-oriented offensive attack. Rialto’s Dramayne McElroy has rushed for 21 touchdowns in the Knights’ double-wing attack, while Redlands’ Ryan Rogers averages 10.2 yards a carry.

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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.

SOUTHERN SECTION

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