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Football: St. John Bosco could add Fletcher next month

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
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St. John Bosco, which already features one of the most dynamic passing attacks in Southern California with quarterback Keith Price, could add star running back Alex Fletcher by the end of next month if the Lakewood transfer meets academic eligibility requirements.

Fletcher was a first-team All-Moore League selection last season for Lakewood.

‘He’s as good as any football player we have,’ St. John Bosco Coach Kiki Mendoza said. ‘He’s a good kid, and he’s very coachable.’

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The Braves also soon hope to get back guard Matt Hastert, who sat out last week’s 64-6 victory over Long Beach Cabrillo after turning an ankle. Hastert is questionable for Friday’s home game against Loyola.

--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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