Football: Venice pulls even closer

A 27-yard field goal by Connor Gil has trimmed Narbonne's lead over Venice to 27-24 with 8:11 left in the game.

--Ben Bolch

Football: Venice won't go away

Venice keeps hanging around against Narbonne, with quarterback Alfonso Medina connecting with Teondray Caldwell on a 22-yard touchdown pass to pull the Gondoliers within 27-21 of Narbonne late in the third quarter.

The game has now moved into the fourth quarter.

--Ben Bolch

Football: Narbonne goes up 27-14

Narbonne might have gotten a game-breaking touchdown catch from Melvin Davis, who caught a screen pass from quarterback Chad Dashnaw and ran 63 yards for a touchdown that gave the Gauchos a 27-14 lead over Venice with 3:31 left in the third quarter.

Dashnaw has played a part in every Narbonne touchdown, running for three scores and passing for another.

--Ben Bolch

Football: Crenshaw's Geno Hall goes all the way

Crenshaw's Geno Hall returned a punt 72 yards for a touchdown, and the Cougars have opened a 48-0 lead over Westchester. The subs will be coming in shortly.

-- Eric Sondheimer

Football: ECR leads Poly, 17-6

Kawan Rally scored on a 54-yard run, and El Camino Real leads Sun Valley Poly, 17-6, in the third quarter of a City Section Division II quarterfinal game.

-- Eric Sondheimer

Football: Crenshaw 41, Westchester 0

One thing that has been common all season for Crenshaw is the spectacular catches of Geno Hall. He made another one in the third quarter, grabbing a 29-yard reception. Then DeAnthony Thomas caught a 26-yard TD pass from Marquis Thompson, putting the Cougars on top of Westchester, 41-0, with 4:32 left.

-- Eric Sondheimer

Football: Crenshaw 34, Westchester 0

DeAnthony Thomas scored a touchdown on a four-yard run to give Crenshaw a 34-0 lead over Westchester with just over seven minutes left in the third quarter.

The Cougars drove from their own 34 on their opening possession of the third quarter. Thomas finally got to carry the ball on more than one occasion, picking up gains of 14 and 13 yards.

-- Eric Sondheimer

Football: Venice pulls to within 21-14 at halftime

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.

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

Football: Crenshaw leads at halftime, 27-0

A holding penalty on the Westchester four-yard line wiped out a Crenshaw touchdown at the end of the second quarter and prevented the Cougars from expanding their lead. They go into the locker room with a 27-0 advantage over the Comets.

Geoffrey Norwood has rushed for 82 yards for the Cougars.

Let me say that Crenshaw looks like it's going through the motions. Not the same enthusiasm from what I saw in the Cougars' big games earlier this season. Of course, their opponent isn't helping matters. Crenshaw has two interceptions.

-- Eric Sondheimer

Football: Dashnaw's third touchdown for Narbonne

Chad Dashnaw has run the ball three times for three touchdowns, giving Narbonne a 21-7 lead over Venice with 4:13 to go in the second quarter. His latest score came from one yard out.

--Ben Bolch