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Football: Crenshaw is City Section champion

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
By Ben Bolch
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Now it’s time for the lobbying to begin.

Will it be an Open Division or Division II state championship bowl game for Crenshaw after the Cougars defeated Narbonne, 34-14, to win their first City Section title since 2005? Or might Crenshaw be shut out of the bowl games altogether?

Tailback De’Anthony Thomas had 193 yards and three touchdowns in 12 carries for Crenshaw (14-0), which is trying to complete its first undefeated season under Coach Robert Garrett.

Crenshaw will likely play in the Division II game if Huntington Beach Edison defeats Servite in the Pac-5 Division title game later today to improve to 14-0. The Chargers have played a tougher schedule than the Cougars.

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But nothing is guaranteed for Crenshaw. Westlake also went 14-0 and will be considered for the Division II game, meaning there is a chance the Cougars could be shut out altogether.

--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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