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Football: L.A. Jordan and Compton Centennial unite at passing league

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
By Ben Bolch
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Los Angeles Jordan and Compton Centennial high schools are located in rival gang territories, so when the schools came together for a passing league Saturday at Jordan it was viewed as a sign of progress by community leaders.

‘We were able to bring two rival communities together and play some good football,’ Jordan Coach Elijah Asante said. ‘That might have been one of the biggest things to come out of it.’

Washington and Fairfax also participated and more games are scheduled for Saturday at Jordan.

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--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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