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Football: Long Beach Poly scores 10 points in 14 seconds

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
By Ben Bolch
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Talk about a momentum-changer.

Getting shut out and unable to move the football, Long Beach Poly sacked Carson quarterback Kevin McMahon in the end zone for a safety.

Then, on the next play from scrimmage, Jackrabbits quarterback Chaiyse Hales connected with Richard Smith for a 46-yard touchdown pass to give Poly the lead. Jeff Turley ran in the two-point conversion to give the Jackrabbits a 10-6 advantage.

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Hales had been replaced by quarterback Nicholas Pope for one series after failing to complete two passes on his first two drives. Pope completed one of four passes for five yards before giving way to Hales on the quick-strike drive.

--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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