On Friday, Reed faced Bishop Manogue in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Reed Raiders took a 42-35 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Bishop Manogue Miners. The Raiders haven't had much luck with the Miners recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Despite the loss, Reed still got an impressive performance from Nishaan Bajwa, who rushed for 108 yards and two touchdowns on only 13 carries, and also threw for 127 yards and two touchdowns. Those 108 rushing yards gave Bajwa a new career-high.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Reed was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 325 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 252 rushing yards in three consecutive contests.
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. Masina also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, making four total tackles and defending a pass. A healthy portion of that aerial production (117 yards to be exact) went to Nathan Simmons, who also brought in a receiving touchdown.
The defeat snapped Reed's winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 5-2 record. As for Bishop Manogue, the win (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 5-3.
Reed will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Douglas at 7:00 p.m. on October 18th. Douglas is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 32.6 points per game this season. Bishop Manogue also won't see the field for a while: their next match is against Reno at 7:00 p.m. on October 18th. Bishop Manogue is facing Reno at the right time seeing as Reno is stuck on a three-game losing streak.
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