Top-seeded Narbonne built a 35-14 lead, then held on for a 45-35 victory over No. 9 seed Birmingham that sends the Gauchos (11-1) to next week's L.A. City Section semifinals. Narbonne is likely to host No. 4 seed Crenshaw.
Second-seeded San Pedro also improved to 11-1 with a 31-0 rout of No. 7 seed Venice at San Pedro High. San Pedro will host No. 3 seed Taft in next week's L.A. City Section semifinals.
Taft (11-1) is led by USC-bound running back D.J. Morgan. The junior put on a show Wednesday despite wet, muddy conditions, rushing for 176 yards and four touchdowns on 23 carries and adding 62 yards receiving in a 40-17 victory over visiting San Fernando.
Taft's only loss is to unbeaten Serra, the No. 2 seed in the CIF Southern Section's Northwest Division.
did anyone else think that narbonne did a terrible job of clock management? Terrible! that kind of coaching is the only thing that will keep narbonne out of the finals!