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Football: Narbonne wins, 33-0

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
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Narbonne essentially won its City Section first-round playoff game against L.A. Jordan when Melvin Davis intercepted a pass midway through the second quarter and returned it deep into Bulldogs’ territory.

Jordan was never able to recover from that play during a 33-0 defeat at home.

Davis rushed for 115 yards and two touchdowns and the Gauchos finished the game with three interceptions, including two by cornerback Bryan Douglas.

Narbonne quarterback Chad Dashnaw completed 11 of 13 passes for 116 yards and two touchdowns. He also ran for a touchdown.

USC Coach Pete Carroll and Washington counterpart Steve Sarkisian were treated to some elusive moves by Jordan quarterback-running back De’ Shawn Beck, who had 128 yards rushing and 109 yards passing but had trouble on forays in Narbonne territory.

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Narbonne will play the winner of tonight’s game between third-seeded Venice and 14th-seeded Sylmar next Wednesday in a quarterfinal.

--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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