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Boys’ basketball: Cleveland hanging tough

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
By Ben Bolch
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Cleveland showed it’s not a one-quarter wonder.

The fourth-seeded Cavaliers are right there with top-seeded Westchester at halftime this afternoon in a City Section Division I semifinal at the Galen Center, trailing the Comets, 30-26.

Jason Johnson has scored 13 points for Cleveland, which was supposed to be a pushover for Westchester en route to its presumed title-game matchup against second-seeded Fairfax. But the Cavaliers have withstood several body blows without going down for the count.

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Jordin Mayes leads Westchester with nine points.

-- 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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