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Football: Umoh helps Morningside get Ocean League victory

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
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Gabriel Umoh rushed for 311 yards and three touchdowns in 20 carries to lead visiting Morningside to a 31-14 victory over Hawthorne on Friday, the Monarchs’ first Ocean League victory of the season.

Umoh, a senior honors student, is being recruited by Nevada Las Vegas and UC Davis.

Safety Joshua Smith also contributed nine tackles and a forced fumble for Morningside (3-5, 1-2). Edwin Magana’s 12 tackles gave him more than 100 on the season. He also rushed for 77 yards and a touchdown in 10 carries.

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Defensive tackle Khalid Jones, who has drawn interest from UC Davis, had 12 tackles and two sacks. The Monarchs play at league leader Beverly Hills (6-2, 3-0) on Friday.

--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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