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Football: It’s all Narbonne in the first half

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
By Ben Bolch
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While L.A. Jordan quarterback De’ Shawn Beck provided plenty of entertainment with his juking and improvising on the run, Narbonne was conservative but effective in taking a 20-0 lead over the Bulldogs at halftime of their City Section first-round playoff game.

The Gauchos capitalized on a momentum-switching interception midway through the second quarter to take control. Quarterback Chad Dashnaw has completed seven of nine passes for 60 yards and a touchdown. Running back Melvin Davis, who made the big interception in Gauchos’ territory, has 64 yards and a touchdown in eight carries.

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Beck is certainly putting on a show in front of USC Coach Pete Carroll and Washington counterpart Steve Sarkisian. He has completed seven of 15 passes for 62 yards and has carried the ball 17 times for 89 yards.

Narbonne gets the ball first to start the third quarter and Jordan needs a couple of big plays to get back in the game. The P.A. announcer reminded fans that Jordan trailed Mater Dei, 20-0, at halftime before storming back. Of course, the Bulldogs also eventually lost that 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.

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