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FIELD REPORT

By MIKE BRESNAHAN

There were two Uebelhardts on the sideline at the Simi Valley-Royal game.

Sophomore Kyle Uebelhardt, son of Royal coach Gene Uebelhardt, was called up to varsity as a backup quarterback for the Highlanders.

The 6-foot-1, 190-pounder passed for 27 touchdowns in eight games on the junior varsity. He serves as a backup to junior James Cox, who has thrown 11 touchdown passes and rushed for seven others.

“James is so mobile and gets in there and gets his jersey dirty a lot, and we needed another quarterback to back him up,” Gene Uebelhardt said.

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With a 42-8 victory over winless Simi Valley, Royal (5-3-1, 2-2-1 in the Marmonte League) clinched a playoff spot for the first time since 1994.

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Mike Bresnahan

Mike Bresnahan previously covered the Lakers for the Los Angeles Times. He started the beat in 2004, a month after Shaquille O’Neal was traded, and covered several seasons of mediocrity before the Lakers won back-to-back championships in 2009 and 2010. Now they’re back to mediocrity. Bresnahan is from Los Angeles, started with The Times after graduating the University of Wisconsin in 1994, and has also covered the L.A. Kings, pro beach volleyball and numerous colleges and high schools. He left The Times in 2016.

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