After flying high against Golden Valley last Friday, Morro Bay came back down to earth. The Morro Bay Pirates lost to the San Luis Obispo Tigers at home by a 33-14 margin on Friday. The defeat continues a trend for the Pirates in their matchups with the Tigers: they've now lost seven in a row.
Morro Bay's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Sands Dougherty, who threw for 336 yards and two touchdowns, and Ryder Busch, who picked up 172 receiving yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance also gave Dougherty a new career-high in rushing yards.
San Luis Obispo was led to victory by Colbin Garrison and Jace Gomes. Garrison rushed for 133 yards and two touchdowns, while Gomes rushed for 126 yards and a touchdown on only 11 carries. Gomes got the majority of those rushing yards when he took off on a run that went for an incredible 65 yards.
Morro Bay now has a losing record at 2-3. As for San Luis Obispo, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 4-1.
Morro Bay will get a bit of extra time to process the defeat as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Cabrillo at 7:00 p.m. on October 4th. As for San Luis Obispo, a feisty cat fight will be fought when Tigers dukes it out withPanthers at 7:00 p.m. on October 4th. Their defense has only allowed 14.8 points per game this season, so Pioneer Valley's offense will have their work cut out for them.
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