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Narbonne runs over Jordan


Narbonne High School quarterback Chad Dashnaw takes off downfield as Jordan's Bryan Barnes (20) and Trayronn Archer (73) try to make the stop during Thursday's City Section Division I playoff game. Narbonne won, 33-0. (Photo by Mario Villegas)


By RON GUILD, Sports Editor

Story Published: Nov 19, 2009 at 6:16 PM PST


Jordan High School’s young football team got an up-close-and-personal glimpse at what it might be in the future.


At this point, it just isn’t at the level of the team it ran into.


Narbonne, a bigger, stronger and more physical team, not to mention more experienced, dominated from beginning to end in a 33-0 victory over the Bulldogs Thursday in the first round of the City Section Division I playoffs.


With tailback Melvin Davis (16 carries, 115 yards, two touchdowns) providing the bulk of the ground attack and Chad Dashnaw (11 of 13, 120 yards, TD) mixing in just enough passing to keep the defense honest, the Gauchos rolled up 383 yards of total offense.


It gives the division’s 11th-seeded team a 6-5 record going into Wednesday’s quarterfinals.


“We’re an 11th seed, but I told the kids, are we really an 11th seed,” Narbonne coach Manuel Douglas said. “We’re really a 3 or 4. We were only 5-5 going in, but the way I looked at it, we were 0-0 going into the playoffs. Now we’re one of the eight best teams in the City.”


His focus against Jordan (6-5) was containing Deshawn Beck.


With coaches Pete Carroll of USC and Washington’s Steve Sarkisian on the sidelines looking on, the uncommitted Beck completed 16 of 29 passes for 120 yards and carried 25 times for another 120 yards. He even caught a pass for 10 yards.


“Deshawn Beck is a dynamic player, there’s no doubt about it,” Douglas said. “He’d be one of the top players in our league (Marine) and he’s one of the top players in the City. We knew we had to corral him, to always keep somebody in front of him.”


Jordan coach Elijah Asante saw the season for what it was — a rebuilding year.


“For being so young, we got all we could out of this season,” he said. “We went a long way with a group this young and this small. Now they see what they’ve got to do. They’ve got to get out there and run track, hit the weights in the offseason. We’re going to have to get bigger.”


Dashnaw’s one-yard run with 5:39 left in the first quarter got Narbonne out to a 7-0 lead.


A 51-yard interception return by Davis set up a 10-yard scoring pass from Dashnaw to Sean Parker in the second period. The Gauchos led, 20-0 when Davis ran 10 yards for a TD with 1:20 left in the half.


In the second half, Davis scored on a 22-yard run and William Riley caught a 14-yard pass from Dashnaw.


“I thought we were a little sloppy today,” Douglas said. “I knew we’d be able to run the ball, but we kept shooting ourselves in the foot (with penalties). That concerns me. We can’t continue to do that from now on.”


Source: WaveNewspapers.com