Football: Craver is out at Artesia

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Sept. 30, 2009 12:32 PM PT

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Aaron Craver took Compton Centennial to the playoffs but he won’t be able to repeat that success at Artesia, where he has been replaced as head coach after only three games by assistant Joe Veach, according to the Long Beach Press-Telegram.

The manner in which Craver departed is in dispute. Craver told the newspaper he was fired, but Artesia Principal Sergio Garcia said he resigned. Craver played in the NFL from 1991-99 and was coach at Centennial for five years before coming to Artesia prior to this season.

Artesia, which has lost its first three games and has been outscored, 122-20, plays host to Villa Park on Friday in its final nonleague game.

--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.