THIS WEEK'S TOP GAMES

THIS WEEK’S TOP GAMES

By Ben Bolch

Sept. 27, 2001 12 AM PT

No. 6 Huntington Beach Edison (2-0) vs. No. 7 Santa Ana Mater Dei (1-2) at Santa Ana Stadium, Friday, 7:30 p.m.

Mater Dei is trying to avoid three consecutive losses for the first time since 1989, when it opened the season with three defeats before beating Edison. While Monarch senior quarterback Colt Brennan has struggled and was replaced by freshman Jason Forcier in the fourth quarter of last week’s 34-6 loss to national power Concord De La Salle, Coach Bruce Rollinson insists there’s no quarterback controversy. Edison quarterback Tommy Grady has completed 52% of his passes with three touchdowns in two games.

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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.

THIS WEEK’S TOP GAMES

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