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Track and field: Loyola’s Lee Hightower has second-best long jump

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
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Loyola senior Lee Hightower had the second-longest long jump in the state track meet preliminaries Friday at Clovis Buchanan High, leaping 23 feet 3.25 inches to advance to Saturday’s championships.

His distance was just behind Oceanside El Camino’s Jacob Snow, who had a jump of 23-04.25. Also advancing from the Southern Section to Saturday’s championship were Vista Murrieta’s Jovonte Slater (23-01.75), Diamond Ranch’s Marquise Cherry (23-01.25) and Gardena Serra’s Marquise Lee (22-10.25).

--Ben Bolch in Clovis

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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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