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Football: Small-time atmosphere at City final

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
By Ben Bolch
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Turns out they could have played the City Section Division I championship at Lynwood Middle School judging by the size of the crowd that turned out at the 92,000-seat Coliseum.

There must be 500 people here, tops.

The sun just poked through the clouds and it might actually turn out to be a nice afternoon. In an unusual twist, both bands from Crenshaw and Narbonne played the national anthem simultaneously. Great gesture, but their timing was a little off.

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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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