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Football: Fourth-down conversions key St. John Bosco’s touchdown

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
By Ben Bolch
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St. John Bosco converted a pair of fourth downs on the way to taking a 7-0 lead over Mater Dei on DaVonte Young’s five-yard touchdown run with 4 minutes 2 seconds left in the first quarter.

On fourth and one, Young ran for four yards. Later, on fourth and 10, quarterback Rene Medina connected with receiver Bryce Treggs for a 25-yard gain.

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Mater Dei had tried to convert a fourth down on its first drive but failed when Ryan McMahon’s pass fell incomplete.

By the way, it’s not a good night for St. John Bosco to be playing the UCLA fight song given what happened to the Bruins on Thursday in Tucson.

--Ben Bolch

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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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