Eight Chosen to Play in McDonald's Games

Eight Chosen to Play in McDonald’s Games

By Ben Bolch

Feb. 28, 2002 12 AM PT

Westchester High forward Hassan Adams, Fairfax forward Evan Burns and Inglewood center DeAngelo Collins have been selected to compete for the West team in the McDonald’s All-American boys’ basketball game April 4 at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Santa Ana Mater Dei Coach Gary McKnight will guide the 12-member West squad.

Selected to the West girls’ team were Pasadena Muir center Tye’sha Fluker, Harbor City Narbonne forward Willnett Crocket, Ventura Buena forward Courtney LaVere, Playa del Rey St. Bernard guard Alexis Kendrick and Lynwood guard Janice Bright.

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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.

Eight Chosen to Play in McDonald’s Games

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