It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Monte Vista can now relate to. They fell just short of the Bishop O'Dowd Dragons by a score of 31-28 on Friday. The Mustangs gained 115 more yards on the day, but it was the Dragons that made the best use of them.
When it comes to explaining why Monte Vista lost, don't look at Julian McMahan. Despite the final result, he rushed for 307 yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance gave McMahan a new career-high in rushing yards. Another player making a difference was Ian Ondricek, who rushed for 59 yards and a touchdown.
Even though they lost, Monte Vista was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 367 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Devin Wilson looked great while leading his team to the win, throwing for 232 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 10.5 yards per attempt. He has become a key player for Bishop O'Dowd: the team is undefeated when he posts at least three passing touchdowns, but 1-2 otherwise. Bishop O'Dowd also got a significant boost from Saliou Sow, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 82 yards.
Monte Vista is on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 5-6. As for Bishop O'Dowd, the win was the seventh in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 9-2.
Monte Vista does not have any more games scheduled as of now. Bishop O'Dowd has already played their next game, a 23-15 victory against Liberty on the 22nd.
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