The Morro Bay Pirates will square off against the Santa Maria Saints at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with four consecutive losses for Morro Bay and eight for Santa Maria dating back to last season.
Morro Bay is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Templeton on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. The Pirates were outmatched by the Eagles and fell 56-14. The contest marked the Pirates' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Sands Dougherty and Colter Tannehill. Tannehill had a great game and threw for 200 yards and five TDs while completing 85.7% of his passes. Meanwhile, Dougherty was balling out in the loss, throwing for 347 yards and one touchdown while completing 74.2% of his passes, and also rushing for 80 yards and one score on only 11 carries.
Meanwhile, Santa Maria fell victim to Nipomo and their airtight defense on Friday. They took a blow against the Titans, falling 52-0. While losing is never fun, the Saints can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 915th, while the Titans are ranked 397th).
Morro Bay's loss dropped their record down to 2-5. As for Santa Maria, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-7.
Everything came up roses for Morro Bay against Santa Maria when the teams last played back in October of 2024, as the team secured a 46-13 victory. Will the Pirates repeat their success, or do the Saints have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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