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Football: Woods and Powell among award finalists

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
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Gardena Serra receiver Robert Woods and Rancho Verde linebacker Ronald Powell are among the seven finalists for the U.S. Army player of the year award, given to the top high school football player competing in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl on Jan. 9 in San Antonio.

The other finalists are San Diego Mission Bay running back Dillon Baxter, St. Paul (Minn.) Cretin-Derham Hall offensive lineman Seantrel Henderson, Duncan (S.C.) Byrnes running back Marcus Lattimore, Hillside (Ill.) Proviso West receiver Kyle Prater and Stamford (Conn.) King & Low Heywood Thomas running back Silas Redd.

The seven finalists will embark on a media tour later this month to locales including Houston, New York City and Washington, D.C.

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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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