Games of the day

By Eric Sondheimer and Ben Bolch

Feb. 6, 2009 12 AM PT

GAME OF THE DAY

No. 4 Los Angeles Fairfax (19-3, 8-1) at

No. 2 Westchester (22-1, 9-0).

Tonight at 7

Why it matters: The No. 1 seeding for the City Section Division I playoffs could be decided if Westchester is able to complete a sweep of the Lions after winning the first meeting, 78-73, on Jan. 16. Fairfax has been surrendering a lot of points lately, and the Comets’ guards, led by Jordin Mayes and Dominique O’Connor, will try to exploit any weaknesses. Center Renardo Sidney has been on a scoring tear for Fairfax.

Also: Crenshaw (15-3, 7-1 Coliseum League) will play at Fremont (14-7, 7-2) at 4 p.m. in a rematch of the game that was halted last month at Crenshaw after a brawl erupted in the fourth quarter involving players and fans. Extra security personnel are expected to be in place.

-- Eric Sondheimer and Ben Bolch

High School Sports

Eric Sondheimer

Eric Sondheimer is the prep sports columnist for the Los Angeles Times. He has been honored seven times by the California Prep Sportswriters Assn. for best prep sports column.

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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