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Football: Venice pulls to within 21-14 at halftime

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
By Ben Bolch
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Desperately needing a touchdown to get back in the game, Venice scored on the final play of the first half when Jonathan McNeal ran into the end zone from one yard out to pull the third-seeded Gondoliers to within 21-14 of 11th-seeded Narbonne in a City Section Division I quarterfinal at Venice.

Venice has been its own worst enemy, with two turnovers and a bad punt snap. Narbonne also lost a fumble.

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Chad Dashnaw has run for all three of Narbonne’s touchdowns and has completed eight of 16 passes for 136 yards.

Venice quarterback Alfonso Medina has completed eight of 13 passes for 126 yards and one touchdown with one interception.

Narbonne will get the ball to start the third quarter.

--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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