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In other Southern Section boys’ finals:Santa Ana...

By BEN BOLCH

In other Southern Section boys’ finals:

Santa Ana Mater Dei 73, Corona Centennial 62--Mater Dei players acted like they had just won a pick-up game instead of their third consecutive I-A title--their ninth section championship in 10 years.

Guard Ricky Porter’s three-pointer with 1:30 remaining put Mater Dei ahead, 67-59, and Centennial (28-3) could pull no closer than within five points the rest of the way.

Cedric Bozeman scored 21 points and had 10 rebounds, and Jamal Sampson scored 20 points and had 11 rebounds for Mater Dei (29-2).

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Jamaal Williams scored 14 of his 23 points in the second half for Centennial.

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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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