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No. 6 Santa Margarita (7-2, 2-0) vs. No. 8 Servite (7-2, 1-1)

By BEN BOLCH

7:30 TONIGHT CAL STATE FULLERTON

A week ago, this looked like a matchup between two teams fighting to get into the playoffs; now, it’s a game that could allow Santa Margarita to win its first Serra League title. League order was turned upside down last week when the Eagles upset then top-ranked Mater Dei. Santa Margarita will employ its winning recipe--a heavy-duty running game sprinkled with timely passes--against run-oriented Servite, which usually goes the way of tailback Lamar Mason. A victory by the Friars and a Mater Dei victory over St. John Bosco would create a three-way tie for first.

KEY PLAYERS

Santa Margarita

RB Tyler Thompson

1,024 yds., 13 TDs

RB Ashton White

102 carries, 611 yds.

QB Matt Dlugolecki

56%, 1,125 yds., 15 TDs

Servite

RB Lamar Mason

1,271 yds., 8 TDs

QB Adam Ernst

49%, 1,001 yds., 6 TDs

WR John Morris

13 rec., 299 yds.

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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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