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Girls’ basketball: It’s all over for Long Beach Poly

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
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BAKERSFIELD--There were a few tears in the Long Beach Poly huddle after the Jackrabbits’ historic run of four consecutive state championships ended with a 55-42 loss to El Dorado Hills Oak Ridge in the Division I championship at Rabobank Arena.

Sara James scored 26 points for Oak Ridge, but it was her teammates who did most of the work in the second half as the Trojans pulled away. James scored 20 points in the first half.

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A turnaround jumper by Poly’s Sheila Boykin pulled the Jackrabbits into a 40-40 tie early in the fourth quarter before Oak Ridge went on an 11-0 run amid a flurry of missed shots and turnovers by Poly.

Tajanae Winston scored 13 points for the Jackrabbits.

--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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