Pittsburg is ranked highly in their home state and on Saturday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Bishop Manogue. The Pirates walked away with a 31-23 win over the Miners. The Pirates have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Miners, too.
Carlos Torres
| 09/06/25 @ Bishop Manogue | 22 |
| 11/01/24 @ Deer Valley | 17 |
| 10/11/24 vs Freedom | 11 |
| 11/08/24 @ Antioch | 9 |
| 08/29/25 vs Granite Bay | 7 |
Pittsburg can attribute much of their success to Carlos Torres, who threw for 291 yards and four touchdowns while completing 73.1% of his passes. The dominant performance also gave Torres a new career-high in rushing yards (22). Xavier Fatu did his part to keep the secondary busy, picking up 109 receiving yards.
Bishop Manogue's loss came despite a true team effort from the offense with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Brandon Mann, who rushed for 36 yards and a pair of TDs, and also threw for 132 yards on seven of 15 attempts.
Pittsburg's victory was their fourth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 2-0. The road wins came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 9.8 points on average over those games. As for Bishop Manogue, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-3.
Coming up, Pittsburg will face off against Archbishop Riordan at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. As for Bishop Manogue, they have already played their next game, a 31-20 victory against Reno on the 12th.
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