The Pittsburg Pirates will square off against the Archbishop Riordan Crusaders at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Pittsburg is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another highly-ranked state team: Bishop Manogue, who was ranked fourth at the time (Pittsburg was ranked 13th). Pittsburg blew past Bishop Manogue 41-14 at home on Friday. The contest was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 34-7.
Pittsburg had a senior duo take command as Jamar Searcy rushed for 175 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries and Marley Alcantara threw for 271 yards and three touchdowns on only 19 passes. Searcy really tore up the turf during one magnificent 70-yard run. The team also got some help courtesy of Elijah Bow, who gained 102 total yards and a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Pittsburg was moving up and down the field and finished the game with 633 total yards. That's the most total yards they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Pittsburg wouldn't let Bishop Manogue keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Pittsburg can thank Etene Pritchard, Jr. and Bow for forcing both of them. Bow also put in work on the defensive side of the ball, forcing a fumble and making four total tackles.
Meanwhile, Archbishop Riordan came up short against St. Bonaventure on Friday and fell 42-34. The Crusaders were down 35-13 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Pittsburg pushed their record up to 2-0 with that victory, which was their 11th straight at home dating back to last season. As for Archbishop Riordan, their loss dropped their record down to 1-1.
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