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Boys’ basketball: Lions are marathon men

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
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It was like running a marathon...and turning around and doing it again the next day.

That’s how playing two nationally renowned teams in less than 24 hours felt for Fairfax, which breasted the tape in fine fashion both times. A day after defeating Western League rival Westchester, the Lions knocked off Chicago Young, 64-57, in the Nike Extravaganza.

Senior center Renardo Sidney had 19 points and nine rebounds and Solomon Hill had 12 points for Fairfax. Hill said the second part of the doubleheader was more difficult.

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‘Trying to give it all you’ve got against your rival and then coming out and doing it again’ is the hardest part, Hill said.

Senior guard Marcus Jordan, the son of former Chicago Bulls legend Michael Jordan, led Young with 18 points. The Dolphins made only four of 24 three-pointers for the game.

--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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