On Friday, Bishop Manogue faced Reed in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Bishop Manogue Miners came out on top against the Reed Raiders by a score of 42-35. The Miners have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Raiders, too.
Leading Bishop Manogue to victory were Brandon Mann and Pele Masina. Mann threw for 233 yards and three touchdowns while completing 79.2% of his passes, while Masina rushed for 189 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.6 yards per carry. Those 189 rushing yards gave Masina a new career-high. Nathan Simmons was Mann's top target, picking up 117 receiving yards and a touchdown.
When it comes to explaining why Reed lost, don't look at Nishaan Bajwa. Despite the final result, he rushed for 108 yards and two touchdowns on only 13 carries, and also threw for 127 yards and two touchdowns.
The win was the third in a row for Bishop Manogue, bringing their record for this year to 5-3. As for Reed, with the loss, they broke their three-game winning streak and moved their record to 5-2.
After each having a week off, Bishop Manogue and Reno will dust off their jerseys to take on one another at 7:00 p.m. on October 18th. Bishop Manogue will be looking to keep their eight-game home win streak dating back to last season alive. As for Reed, they will get a bit of extra time to process the defeat as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Douglas at 7:00 p.m. on October 18th. The two teams might be coming in a bit winded given these two teams combined for 967 yards in their previous games.
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