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Boys’ basketball: Dominguez standout loses final appeal

EL SEGUNDO, CA-AUGUST 14, 2019: Eric Sondheimer, Prep Sports Columnist, Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
By Eric Sondheimer and Ben Bolch
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Jordan Hamilton, a 6-foot-7 all-star forward from Compton Dominguez, has been denied in his final appeal by CIF Executive Director Marie Ishida, according to Hamilton’s attorney, Sandy Fox, in an e-mail today.

Hamilton was seeking a fifth year of athletic eligibility via a hardship waiver. He has not played this season.

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Dominguez Coach Duane Cooper, whose team plays Long Beach Poly tonight in a quarterfinal playoff game, said, ‘We knew it was a longshot, but it is what it is. We have to keep going. I feel sorry for the kid. I think he’s being punished wrongly. I think his parents did the right thing by having him repeat ninth grade because they wanted him to get better grades. I think the CIF kind of missed the whole boat.’

-- Eric Sondheimer and Ben Bolch

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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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