With a playoff game on the line, Morro Bay rose to the challenge on Friday. They came out on top against the Reedley Pirates by a score of 34-26. Morro Bay pushed the score to 34-13 by the end of the third, a deficit Reedley cut but never quite recovered from.
It was another big night for Sands Dougherty, who threw for 348 yards and four touchdowns while completing 80.6% of his passes. His passing production has been exceptional as that marked his eighth straight game with at least 309 passing yards. A healthy portion of Dougherty's aerial production (95 yards to be exact) went to John Myers.
Despite the loss, Reedley still got an impressive performance from Will Bacon, who rushed for 120 yards and two touchdowns on only 13 carries, and also threw for 186 yards and a touchdown. Those 120 rushing yards gave Bacon a new career-high.
Morro Bay has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 5-6 record this season. A key ingredient in that success has been their rushing production: they averaged an imposing 157.2 rushing yards in those games compared to only 157.2 in the others. As for Reedley, they dropped their record down to 3-8 with the loss, which was their fourth straight on the road.
Morro Bay has already played their next game, a 42-14 victory against Atascadero on the 15th. Reedley does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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