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Football: Colder but more bearable at Home Depot Center

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
By Ben Bolch
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This sure beats driving to Temecula.

I’m here in the reasonably comfortable environs of the Home Depot Center for tonight’s Division I state football bowl championship game between Corona Centennial and Concord De La Salle.

It took less than an hour to drive from my garage in Westwood to Carson, a slight improvement over the four-hour trek to Temecula for last week’s Inland Division championship between Centennial and Chaparral. Heck, I could have driven to Boron and back by the time it took me to get there.

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It’s cold and a little windy, but not nearly as unbearable as standing on top of the press box at Chaparral High. I don’t know why, but I have a feeling Centennial is going to come out and win this game. Stay tuned. My esteemed colleague Austin Knoblauch and I will keep you updated throughout.

--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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