Boys' basketball: Long Beach Poly wins in a romp

Boys’ basketball: Long Beach Poly wins in a romp

Staff Writer

Jan. 31, 2009 8:12 PM PT

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts.

Ryan Anderson scored 17 points and Michael Mayes had 15 to lead Long Beach Poly, ranked No. 13 in the Southland by The Times, to an 87-54 victory over No. 16 Campbell Hall in the Greenway Fairfax State Preview Classic at Fairfax High.

Campbell Hall was shorthanded, missing injured starters Austin McBroom and Keegan Hornbuckle.

--Ben Bolch

Varsity Times Insider

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.