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Girls’ basketball: Mater Dei halfway to a state title

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
By Ben Bolch
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BAKERSFIELD--Mater Dei’s biggest challenge on the road to a state title might have come last week in the Southern California regional championship against Brea Olinda.

Concord Carondelet isn’t putting up much of a fight in the state championship, trailing, 34-17, at halftime in the Division II game at Rabobank Arena.

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Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis has been unstoppable for Mater Dei with 16 points in the first half, falling one point short of the Cougars’ total. Let the celebration begin in Santa Ana.

--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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