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Boys’ basketball: Fairfax wins big in opener

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
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Led by double-doubles from senior standouts Renardo Sidney and Solomon Hill, Fairfax routed L.A. Cathedral, 81-57, Tuesday night in its season opener in the Redondo tournament.

Sidney finished with 20 points and 10 rebounds and Hill had 14 points and 10 rebounds. Lance Bailey had the most well-rounded line with 16 points, seven assists and five rebounds for the Lions, ranked No. 3 in the Southland in The Times’ preseason boys’ basketball rankings.

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Small forward Frankie Eteuati, who is being recruited by Santa Barbara, among other schools, scored 19 points for Cathedral and guard Brandon Parga added 18. The Phantoms were playing without starters William Bell and Sergio Leon.

Fairfax’s Jordan Weathers had 16 points. Fairfax will play Harvard-Westlake tonight at 6:30 in a second-round game of the Redondo tournament.

--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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