TODAY'S GAME

TODAY’S GAME

By Ben Bolch

Oct. 12, 2002 12 AM PT

Long Beach Poly (4-0)

vs. Concord De La Salle (4-0)

When: 2 p.m. today.

Where: Memorial Stadium in Berkeley.

Television: Tape delay, Fox Sports Net 2, 7 p.m.

Rankings: De La Salle is No. 1 and Poly is No. 2, according to USA Today.

Noteworthy: The run-oriented Spartans are led by tailback Maurice Drew, who scored all four of the team’s touchdowns last season against Poly and is averaging 112 yards rushing per game. Option quarterback Britt Cecil has completed only 45% of his passes and hasn’t thrown for a touchdown but has big-time targets in receivers Cameron Colvin (six catches, 188 yards) and De’Montae Fitzgerald (five catches, 106 yards). Poly has a balanced offense. Quarterback Leon Jackson has completed 61% of his passes for 889 yards and 11 touchdowns with no interceptions. Lorenzo Bursey (234 yards, four touchdowns) leads the running backs and Derrick Jones is a big-play threat as a receiver and kickoff returner.

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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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