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Boys’ basketball: Gardena Serra pulls it out

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
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The third time was charmless for Compton Centennial.

The Apaches got a third shot at Gardena Serra after losing twice earlier this season and couldn’t come through during a 74-50 loss in the Southern California Division III regional championship at the Galen Center.

Serra outshot and out-toughed Centennial in the paint in a matchup of super-athletic teams, pulling down 25 more rebounds. The Cavaliers will now try to become the first team to win state championships in football and basketball in the same school year. Serra won its only state title in basketball in 1993.

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Keith Shamburger scored 14 points and was one of four Cavaliers in double figures.

Deonte Burton had 19 points and Kurt Davis 15 for Centennial.

--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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