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Boys’ golf: A frenetic day on tap for Granada Hills

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
By Ben Bolch
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Thursday could be a long but particularly rewarding day for Granada Hills’ three seniors golfers.

It will start--weather permitting--with the resumption of play in the Southern California regional championship at 9 a.m. at the SCGA Golf Course in Murrieta. Play was suspended today after a freak lightning storm moved through the area, causing a four-hour delay.

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When play concludes sometime between 1 p.m. and 2 p.m., the Highlanders will have to hurry home to prepare for graduation ceremonies scheduled to begin at 7 p.m.

‘It’s not going to be an issue,’ said Granada Hills Coach Chris Archeta, who said his team had competed in the regional championship on graduation day five years ago.

--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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