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Boys’ basketball: Memorial service set for Coach Yutaka Shimizu

EL SEGUNDO, CA-AUGUST 14, 2019: Eric Sondheimer, Prep Sports Columnist, Los Angeles Times
By Eric Sondheimer
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A memorial service for former Hamilton and Granada Hills Kennedy Coach Yutaka Shimizu will be held on Friday from 10 a.m. to noon in the Bellflower St. John Bosco gym.

Shimizu died on June 10. He was 84.

Former players and coaches who have known Shimizu since he began coaching in 1959 have been posting messages on a special Facebook page.

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Shimizu coached for more than 50 years. He was serving as an assistant coach at St. John Bosco.

-- Eric Sondheimer

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Eric Sondheimer

Eric Sondheimer is the prep sports columnist for the Los Angeles Times. He has been honored seven times by the California Prep Sportswriters Assn. for best prep sports column.

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