Recap: Pittsburg Pirates vs. San Ramon Valley Wolves
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but the Pittsburg Pirates had no problem doing just that on Friday. They took down the Wolves 37-21. The win was just business as usual for Pittsburg, who after 13 games remain undefeated this season.
Jamar Searcy was on fire: he rushed for 134 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 7.4 yards per carry. Another player making a difference was Marley Alcantara, who threw for 317 yards and a touchdown while completing 75% of his passes.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Pittsburg's defense and their six sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Jewelous Walls and Joshua Dollarhide-watson who racked up four sacks between them.
Pittsburg's victory bumped their record up to 13-0. As for San Ramon Valley, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 10-3.
Pittsburg will head out on the road to face off against Folsom at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday. Folsom is on a five-game streak of home wins, Pittsburg a six-game streak of away wins (dating back to last season)-- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the field. San Ramon Valley does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
