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Boys’ basketball: Fairfax on verge of upset

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
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Sixth-seeded Fairfax led third-seeded Mater Dei by as many as 13 points in the third quarter and still holds a 55-46 lead going into the fourth tonight in a Southern California Division I regional quarterfinal at Mater Dei.

The Lions are winning without big man Renardo Sidney doing much of anything except getting into foul trouble. He has five points and picked up his fourth foul right before the buzzer at the end of the third quarter.

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Guard Jordan Weathers has made six three-pointers and has 20 points for Fairfax.

--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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