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Boys’ basketball: Leuzinger takes third place

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
By Ben Bolch
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Leuzinger held on for a 76-72 victory over Compton Centennial in the third-place game of the Westchester tournament.

Apaches standout Deonte Burton fouled out with 6 minutes 2 seconds remaining and his team trailing by two points, but Centennial hung tough down the stretch before falling.

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The championship game between Westchester and Taft, ranked Nos. 1 and 2 in the Southland by The Times, is about 10 minutes away from starting. Arizona State Coach Herb Sendek and UCLA assistant Donny Daniels are among the spectators.

--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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