Football Preview: Morro Bay Pirates vs. Reedley Pirates
The Morro Bay Pirates have the luxury of staying home for another week and will welcome the Reedley Pirates at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Morro Bay has been dominant on offense recently, as they've racked up an incredible 135 points over their last three matches.
Last Friday, Morro Bay was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap as they fell 41-35 to Nipomo. The Pirates have struggled against the Titans recently, as the game was their eighth consecutive lost matchup.
Despite the defeat, Morro Bay had strong showings from Sands Dougherty, who threw for 309 yards and three touchdowns while completing 80% of his passes, and Jayden Johnson, who gained 152 total yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance also gave Johnson a new career-high in rushing yards (103).
Meanwhile, Reedley was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They were beaten by Central Valley Christian 56-21. While losing is never fun, the Pirates can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 638th, while the Cavaliers are ranked 185th).
Reedley might have lost, but man, Will Bacon was a machine: he rushed for 93 yards and two touchdowns on only 13 carries, and also threw for 149 yards and a touchdown.
Morro Bay's defeat dropped their record down to 4-6. As for Reedley, their loss dropped their record down to 3-7.
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