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Boys’ basketball: Price is right at halftime

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
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Los Angeles Price is pulling away from Chaminade in the Division IV-A championship, transforming a two-point game early in the second quarter into a 43-27 halftime advantage tonight at Ontario Colony High.

Junior guard Allen Crabbe has 12 points and senior swingman Kelvin Smith 11 for Price, which has committed only one turnover to seven for Chaminade. Junior guard Jamal McClerkin has 10 points for Chaminade.

Chaminade is playing without senior forward Jules Montgomery, who sustained a knee injury during the Eagles’ semifinal victory over Oaks Christian.

--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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