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Loyola wins third consecutive Southern Section Commissioner’s Cup

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
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Loyola has solidified its standing as one of the top athletic powerhouses in Southern California, winning a third consecutive Southern Section Commissioner’s Cup for excellence in boys’ sports.

It was a close call. The Cubs edged Oaks Christian, 20-19, after winning section titles in three sports: boys’ basketball, swimming and diving and track and field. Loyola was also runner-up in cross country and a semifinalist in water polo.

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Pasadena Poly finished third with 17 points, followed by a three-way tie among Servite, Mater Dei and Corona del Mar, each of which posted 16 points.

Loyola has now won five Commissioner’s Cups, more than any other school in the 578-member section, since the award was established during the 1991-92 school year. All five have come in the last nine years.

--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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