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Football: Interest in San Clemente’s Rettig heating up

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
By Ben Bolch
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Chase Rettig is already a hot commodity at San Clemente and he hasn’t thrown a pass in a game for the Tritons.

As San Clemente opens spring practice today, the transfer from Pasadena La Salle is being evaluated in person by coaches from Arizona State. Coaches from USC are scheduled to visit Tuesday, with Brigham Young and Utah stopping by last week.

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What’s all the fuss about? Well, the 6-foot-3, 195-pound rising senior passed for 1,275 yards and 13 touchdowns last season for a La Salle team that finished 1-9 overall and 0-4 in the Camino Real League. In other words, he produced great numbers on a bad team and is poised for much bigger things with the Tritons, who finished last season 8-3.

--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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