Football: Gardena Serra leads 28-3 at halftime

Staff Writer

Dec. 10, 2010 8:13 PM PT

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Arroyo Grande managed two first downs in the first half of its Western Division championship against Gardena Serra, and one came by penalty.

The Cavaliers dominated on both sides of the ball in taking a 28-3 halftime lead, holding the Eagles to 49 yards of offense. Arroyo Grande got its field goal only after taking over at the Serra 37-yard line in the first quarter and moving the ball all of four yards.

The Eagles appear to have an advantage at one position with kicker Garrett Owens, who made a 51-yard field goal and has booted both kickoffs into the end zone for touchbacks. Serra’s Francisco Olloqui missed a 27-yard attempt late in the second quarter.

Otherwise, it’s all Serra. Quarterback Conner Preston shrugged off a slow start and has completed seven of 14 passes for 137 yards and three touchdowns. Running back Shaquille Richard ran for 110 yards in 12 carries. Receiver Marqise Lee has two catches for 31 yards and two touchdowns.

The key sequence came when Preston hit George Farmer in stride for a 59-yard touchdown pass late in the first quarter and then Serra’s Pete Lauderdale recovered a fumble on the ensuing kickoff and returned it 27 yards for a touchdown.

--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.