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Football: Narbonne leads, 35-14, at halftime

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
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Birmingham held its own in the second quarter of its City Section Championship Division quarterfinal against Narbonne.

Unfortunately for the Patriots, they entered the quarter trailing, 21-0, after losing a pair of fumbles. And so Narbonne holds a 35-14 halftime lead after scoring touchdowns on five of six first-half possessions.

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Running back Chris Ervin has rushed for 65 yards and a touchdown in seven carries and quarterback Josh Moten has completed nine of 11 passes for 134 yards and run for 63 yards and a touchdown for Narbonne.

Birmingham quarterback Morey Croson has completed six of 12 passes for 69 yards and running back Tajuan Briggs has rushed for 66 yards and two touchdowns in 10 carries. Receiver De’Von Flournoy has made only two catches for 20 yards.

--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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