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Boys’ basketball: St. Anthony hires Morrison

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
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St. Anthony has hired former Long Beach Poly boys’ assistant coach and Bishop Amat girls’ head coach Chris Morrison to coach its boys’ basketball team.

Morrison graduated from St. Anthony in 1991 after playing two years on the basketball team, where he earned first team all-league and all-CIF honors. He played for Western Washington and then played professionally in Europe before returning to coach at Western Washington and at Poly and Bishop Amat. His Lancers went 22-6 last season.

‘Chris brings a new energy combined with his love of St. Anthony High School and its proud tradition,’ St. Anthony Athletic Director Brian Walsh said in a statement. ‘As an alumni of St. Anthony, Chris understands what it means to be a Saint. His experience with student-athletes on and off the court will be an invaluable asset to the school.’

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St. Anthony finished 16-12 overall and 5-4 last season in the Santa Fe League under Glenn Marx.

--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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