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Football: San Clemente pitches in

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
By Ben Bolch
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Twenty-three San Clemente football players and several coaches participated in a Habitat for Humanity project on Labor Day. The Tritons worked on a landscaping project at a housing complex in Anaheim that had been built by Habitat for Humanity volunteers. The nonprofit organization has constructed more than 250,000 homes worldwide since 1976.

Participating players included Jake Smith, Jonathon Gerber, William Tober, D.J. Gallegos, Jack Straw, Joey Licavoli, Nathan Myers, Cole Arranaga, Austin Abel, Steve Watts, Mark Vidal, Launtz Miller, Ben Gomez, Brayden Kubly, A.J. Merlino, Ian Lawbaugh, Carson Heagen, Austin Clinkenbeard, Austin Piltingsrud, Joe Wilson, Shawn Lee, Joey Waters and Evan Jacobsen.

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The Tritons open their season Friday when they play host to Oceanside El Camino.

--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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