Football Recap: Piper Pirates vs. Turner Golden Bears
Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Piper). They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat the Turner Golden Bears 51-16 at home. The Pirates pushed the score to 45-8 by the end of the third, a deficit the Golden Bears cut but never quite recovered from.
Piper found their leader in underclassman Jayden Correa, who rushed for 107 yards and two touchdowns on only nine carries, and also threw for 151 yards and a touchdown on only 14 passes. Roman Byers was another key player, gaining 84 total yards and three touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Piper was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 238 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 57.2 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last three matches they've averaged 213.
Piper wouldn't let Turner keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Roch Emanuel was the leader in that area as all came courtesy of his dominant performance.
Although Turner took the loss, they still got scores from Josue Castillo and Michael Estes.
The victory made it two in a row for Piper and bumps their season record up to 2-5. As for Turner, their defeat was their ninth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 0-7.
Piper will venture away from home to face off against West at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Piper will be hoping to continue their four-game streak of scoring more points each game than the last. As for Turner, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Shawnee Heights at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Turner is facing Shawnee Heights at the right time seeing as Shawnee Heights is stuck on a five-game losing streak.
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