It's playoff time, and Pittsburg had no trouble coming through when it counted. They pulled ahead with a 28-27 photo finish over the Folsom Bulldogs on Friday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Pirates.
| 12/06/24 vs Folsom | 2 |
| 10/04/24 vs Los Gatos | 2 |
| 11/01/24 @ Deer Valley | 1 |
| 10/25/24 vs Liberty | 1 |
| 09/20/24 @ St. John Bosco | 1 |
A big part of Pittsburg's victory came down to the chemistry between Marley Alcantara and his top target Rolph Mosley. Alcantara threw for 227 yards and four touchdowns while completing 75.9% of his passes while Mosley picked up 145 receiving yards and two touchdowns. That's the most receiving touchdowns Mosley has posted since back in October.
Pittsburg's defense made their presence known, laying out the QB five times. Carlos Torres III was particularly dangerous to the passing game, picking up two sacks himself. Another thorn in Folsom's side was Etene Pritchard, Jr., who forced one fumble, made eight total tackles (2.0 for loss), and defended two passes.
Although Folsom took the loss, they still got scores from EJ Coleman, Ryder Lyons, and Daymion Rivera.
Pittsburg is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-2 record this season. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 13.0 points per game. As for Folsom, with the defeat, they broke their 11-game winning streak and moved their record to 12-2.
Pittsburg will take on Lincoln at 8:00 p.m. on December 13th. Pittsburg is on a 17-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), Lincoln a five-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the field. Folsom does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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