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Football: Welcome to Temecula

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
By Ben Bolch
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I could have flown to Chicago by the time it took me to drive from Westwood to Temecula for tonight’s Inland Division championship between Corona Centennial and host Chaparral.

That’s right, it took me four hours to go 100 miles. Luckily, I nabbed one of the five final parking spots (which was worth the $5) but the setup is less than ideal for blogging, so the posts will be limited.

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I am standing on the roof of the press box typing with my laptop perched on an aluminum bench. The game is sold out and it’s standing-room only, with an electric atmosphere. Let’s hope the game can match the electricity.

I will have an update at halftime.

--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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