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By STEVE WILLIAMS and CHRIS DUFRESNE

Sept. 16, 1989 12 AM PT

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<i> Times Staff Writer</i>

Bell-Jeff 21, Burbank 21--Quarterback Rod Chapman of Bell-Jeff ran three yards for a touchdown and Mike Szekely kicked the tying point-after with 3:52 left at Burroughs High.

Chapman’s score came two plays after defensive lineman Irwin Bionsin blocked Adam Saldana’s punt, giving Bell-Jeff (0-1-1) the ball at the Burbank four-yard line.

Burbank (1-0-1) had taken the lead on Nelson Randin’s 45-yard touchdown run with 9:14 to play.

Burbank outgained Bell-Jeff, 338-149, but committed three turnovers.

Quarterback Jeremy Sparks of Burbank completed 10 of 18 passes for 107 yards and threw two interceptions. He also gained 60 yards in 12 carries, including a second-quarter, nine-yard touchdown run.

Randin rushed for a game-high 114 yards and two touchdowns in 13 carries.

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Chris Dufresne was the Los Angeles Times’ national college football/basketball columnist from 1995 to 2015. He also covered skiing at the Winter Olympics and wrote extensively on most sports. He is a multiple national award winner and was named 2011 California Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sportswriters and Sportscasters Assn. A Los Angeles native, he started at The Times in 1976 as a truck loader and literally worked his way up (two floors to be exact).

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