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NFL flag football coming to Compton

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
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In a triumph for youth football players, fans and coaches, Compton’s Sibrie Park has been approved to play host to the only NFL flag football league in Los Angeles County starting in September.

The Youth Development League will feature eight teams competing at the park at the corner of Compton Avenue and El Segundo Boulevard. The NFL is providing jerseys, flags and footballs and participants ages 6-13 will have to pay a registration fee of only $25 each, said league founder DeValle James.

Sibrie Park’s gopher-infested field will undergo an extensive makeover, James said, with two 70-yard fields being used for games. Anyone interested in participating can contact James at (310) 722-2529.

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--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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