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Girls’ basketball: St. Anthony is in trouble

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
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BAKERSFIELD--St. Anthony could suffer the indignity of becoming the first team from Southern California to lose a state basketball championship this year.

Southern California boys’ and girls’ teams went a combined 4-0 against their Northern California counterparts on Friday, but the Saints trail Los Altos Hills Pinewood, 34-22, at halftime of the Division V championship.

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Pinewood seems a step quicker and has mostly neutralized St. Anthony’s superior size. The Panthers have made four three-point baskets and have led by as many as 14 points.

Hailie Eackles has 10 points and Jenna McLoughlin and Miranda Seto seven apiece for Pinewood, which is shooting 52.2% to St. Anthony’s 28.1%. The Saints are sticking around in part because they have 10 more rebounds than the Panthers.

Jordan Jackson has seven points but has made only two of six shots for St. Anthony.

--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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