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Football: Crazy play pulls Narbonne to within 35-34

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
By Ben Bolch
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San Pedro looked like it had stopped Narbonne.

The Gauchos faced fourth and long and were punting. Then the snap sailed over Troy Williams’ head.

But Williams corralled the ball and, with defenders quickly closing in, heaved a 24-yard pass to Greg Clark for the first down. Four plays later, Tray Boone ran for a 26-yard touchdown to pull Narbonne to within 35-34.

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The extra point went awry, though, when a pass on a busted play was intercepted by Deshawn Sambrano in the end zone.

The Pirates need to run 6 minutes 3 seconds off the clock to hold on for the victory.

--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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