With a playoff game on the line, Morro Bay rose to the challenge on Friday. They came out on top against the Bishop Union Broncos by a score of 28-20. The victory was nothing new for the Pirates as they're now sitting on three straight.
Sands Dougherty continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 324 yards and four touchdowns while completing 78.1% of his passes, and also rushing for 55 yards. His passing production has been exceptional for a while as that marked his tenth straight game with at least 309 passing yards. 88 of Dougherty's passing yards were hauled in by John Myers, who also brought in a receiving touchdown.
Morro Bay wouldn't let Bishop Union keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Morro Bay can thank Kaleb Yonemoto and Colton Janovec for forcing both of them. Yonemoto also made five total tackles, which is notable because Morro Bay is undefeated when he posts at least three total tackles, but 3-6 otherwise. Radden Batalla was another major factor on D, picking up two sacks and making seven total tackles.
Morro Bay is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 7-6 record this season. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to rushing yards: they averaged an imposing 152.2 rushing yards in those games compared to only 152.2 in the others. As for Bishop Union, they moved to 10-3 with that loss, which also ended their eight-game winning streak.
Morro Bay will be playing in front of their home fans against Selma at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Morro Bay is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 30 points per game this season. Bishop Union does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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