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Girls’ basketball: Brea Olinda too much for Carondelet

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
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SACRAMENTO--Brea Olinda cruised to its first state title since 2000 and ninth overall with a 68-45 victory over Carondelet tonight in the Division II championship at Arco Arena.

Junior guard Kelsey Harris finished with 25 points for Brea (33-2) before fouling out midway through the fourth quarter. Sophomore forward Justine Hartman scored eight of her 10 points in the fourth quarter.

Carondelet (29-4) closed to within 15 points early in the fourth quarter after outscoring the Ladycats, 13-4, but Brea scored eight of the next 11 points to regain control.

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Southern California teams are three for three against their Northern California counterparts so far in state title games. But Eisenhower faces a decided home-court disadvantage in the Division II boys’ game up next because Rocklin’s fans are taking up most of the lower bowl at Arco.

--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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