Football Game Preview: Morro Bay Pirates vs. Liberty Hawks + How To Watch

The Morro Bay Pirates will head out on the road to face off against the Liberty Hawks at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.

Morro Bay is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. Everything went their way against Delano as they made off with a 52-28 win.

Sands Dougherty

Passing Yards

11/07/25 @ Delano	458
10/31/25 @ Nipomo	352
10/24/25 @ Atascadero	369
10/17/25 vs Santa Maria	292
10/10/25 @ Templeton	249
+ 6 more games

Sands Dougherty continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 458 yards and six touchdowns, while also punching in a pair of scores on the ground. That's the most passing yards he has posted since back in August. Another player making a difference was Anthony Campanario, who picked up 134 receiving yards and three TDs.

Morro Bay's run defense was locked in: Delano could only muster 2.9 yards per carry. The team can thank Colton Rosenlieb for the heroic effort on defense: he. They're 1-7 when they shut down the run game so well.

Morro Bay didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Efrain Hernandez, Rosenlieb, and Luca Macari picked up one apiece. Rosenlieb is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made six or more in each of the last six games he's played. Morro Bay got some further help from Merrick Smith: he picked up a sack and made ten total tackles.

Meanwhile, Liberty strolled into their game on Friday with a perfect record and they left with the same. They took their matchup with ease, bagging a 56-14 victory over Selma. Given the Hawks' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 199th, while the Bears are ranked 748th) , the win wasn't entirely unexpected.

Liberty's win bumped their record up to 11-0. As for Morro Bay, the victory was their first on the road , bumping their record up to 4-7.