After flying high against Shiprock last Friday, Moriarty came back down to earth. The Moriarty Pintos took a 38-29 hit to the loss column at the hands of the St. Pius X Sartans on Saturday. The loss was the Pintos' first of the season.
Despite the loss, Moriarty still got an impressive performance from Caedon Kamplain, who rushed for 127 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Kamplain a new career-high in rushing yards.
Even though they lost, Moriarty was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 383 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 150 rushing yards in four consecutive games dating back to last season.
Moriarty's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Royce Dennisson and Albert Esparza.
Hershul Olloway Jr had an outrageously good game for St. Pius X as he rushed for 164 yards and three touchdowns on only 12 carries, and also picked up 55 receiving yards. Olloway Jr's longest rush was for an impressive 61 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. Isaiah Carpenter also helped out by tossing the rock for 254 yards.
Having lost for the first time this season, Moriarty fell to 2-1. As for St. Pius X, they now also have a winning record of 2-1.
Moriarty will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against Bernalillo at 6:00 p.m. Hopefully Bernalillo focused on turnovers this week as team gave up four on Friday. As for St. Pius X, they will venture away from home to challenge Organ Mountain at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday. St. Pius X is facing Organ Mountain at the right time seeing as Organ Mountain is stuck on a three-game losing streak.
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