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Girls’ basketball: Hooray! Bishop Amat keeps it within 50

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
By Ben Bolch
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BAKERSFIELD--Even the clock was running away in the final quarter.

With a running clock employed in the fourth quarter at Rabobank Arena, Stockton St. Mary’s breezed to an 89-41 victory over Bishop Amat in the Division III championship.

The game was all but over after St. Mary’s took a 20-4 lead in the first quarter. The blowout was just another example of why elite teams like the Rams should be able to skirt enrollment restrictions and play in Division I against the likes of Long Beach Poly.

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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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