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Boys’ basketball: Championship day

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
By Ben Bolch
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It’s San Diego superstar Jeremy Tyler and the California Supreme versus the Houston Hoops in the Main Event championship just underway at Las Vegas Spring Valley High.

USC Coach Tim Floyd, among the throng of college coaches who hope to land Tyler, is here. Houston Hoops features guard Tommy Mason-Griffin, who recently committed to Oklahoma, and forward Keith ‘Tiny’ Gallon, who had 15 points and 14 rebounds in a semifinal victory.

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A pair of Southern California teams will play in the Adidas Super 64 semifinals at 1 p.m. Compton Magic plays the Atlanta Celtics, while Pump ‘N Run Elite takes on Grassroots Canada Elite. The winners play at 6:20 p.m. in the championship at Rancho High.

In the Reebok Summer Championships Open division, the semifinals will be played at 2 p.m. and 3:15 p.m. at Foothill High, with the championship at 6 p.m. There are no Southland teams remaining in the tournament.

--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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