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Boys’ basketball: Tribute to Crenshaw’s West

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
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A tribute to former Crenshaw boys’ basketball Coach Willie West will be held Dec. 13 at Staples Center in conjunction with the Clippers’ game against San Antonio.

West, whose teams won eight state and 16 City Section titles, will be honored during a pregame salute at 3:30 p.m. and during the Clippers’ game. After the game, there will be an all-star game featuring players from local schools and a reception at a site to be determined.

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The event will be hosted by Marques Johnson, the 1978 national college player of the year at UCLA and a broadcaster with Fox Sports West, along with retired referees Booker Turner and Lorenzo Clarke. The public is welcome and special tickets are available.

For more information, contact Bill Smith at (310) 739-1964 or at bevwoodfuncamp11@sbcglobal.net.

--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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