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Boys’ basketball: Belmont Shore runs aground

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
By Ben Bolch
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The number of Southern California teams still alive in the prestigious Open division of the Reebok Summer Championships is quickly dwindling.

One of the latest to fall was defending champion Belmont Shore, which lost to Arizona Metro Elite, 76-71, at Silverado High. Forward Alec Williams of San Juan Capistrano J Serra High scored 22 points and guard Darius Morris of L.A. Windward High had 15 for Belmont Shore.

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The only remaining Southland teams in the Open division are Inland Reebok I and FBC Perris, but there’s still games to be played today.

--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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