Football: Montana presented with bowl jersey

Staff Writer

Oct. 29, 2009 9:46 PM PT

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Oaks Christian senior quarterback Nick Montana was presented with his jersey for the Under Armour All-America Game on Thursday in a ceremony at the school.

Montana, the senior bound for Washington, is among those selected to compete in the all-star game on Jan. 2 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Fla. The 6-foot-2, 180-pound quarterback has completed 60% of his passes for 1,162 yards and 17 touchdowns with five interceptions for the Lions, ranked No. 2 in the Southland by The Times.

Oaks Christian (7-0 overall, 2-0 Tri-Valley League) will play host to Oak Park (3-4, 2-0) on Friday.

--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.