California: No. 13 Pittsburg rides legs of sophomore Elijah Bow, beats McClymonds 39-21

PITTSBURG, Calif. — For all these passing weapons the Pittsburg soccer staff possesses, the Pirates on Friday relied on the recent, sturdy legs of Elijah Bowl. 

The highly effective and fast 5-foot-9, 190-pound sophomore carried 33 instances for 185 yards and a landing main the Pirates to a hard-fought 39-21 win over four-time state champion and Oakland energy McClymonds.

The victory upped Pittsburg’s document to 4-1 whereas McClymonds dropped to 3-1. 

Bow helped take the strain of Miami-bound, 5-star quarterback Jaden Rasheda, who accomplished 16 of 23 for 232 yards and two touchdowns, each to Nevada-bound Kai Taylor. 

Buddha Boyd additionally had an enormous sport for the Pirates with a 44-yard catch-and-run for landing within the third quarter and a fumble restoration halfway by the fourth when McClymonds was getting into for a possible tying landing. 

Pittsburg instantly put it away, driving 65 yards completed off with a 4-yard TD run by Cameron Clanton with 4:13 left, giving the Pirates a 36-21 lead. 

A late McClymonds fumble and chip shot area purpose gave the Pirates the 18-point win. 

Following a 60-yard punt return landing by Redmani Albert gave McClymonds a 7-0 lead early within the first quarter, Rashada responded, driving the Pirates 80 performs in 7 performs, capped by a fantastic 11-yard toss within the again proper of the top zone to tie issues at 7-7 with 6:41 left within the first quarter. 

Bow gave Pittsburg the lead for good with 11:21 left within the second quarter on a 1-yard TD. A two-point conversion cross off a nasty kick snap, made it 15-7. 

Fleet Jaivian Thomas minimize that result in 15-14 with a 63-yard landing burst, however Taylor, whose dad and grandfather performed within the NFL, turned a Third-and-24 scenario with a 35-yard landing on a large receiver display. 

That gave the Pirates a 22-14 lead heading into intermission. 

McClymonds’ security Tony Hamilton gave his staff again all of the momentum with two interceptions of Rashada within the first 5 minutes of the third quarter. 

The primary Thomas became a 2-yard landing to chop the result in 22-21. However after the second choose, Pittsburg’s protection stiffened. 

That is when Boyd went to work, taking a brief receiver display left to the home, giving the Pirates a 29-21 lead with 4:39 left within the third. 

There was no rating from there, till Boyd’s fumble restoration and the Pirates scoring drive halfway by the fourth to place Pittsburg in command. 

Each groups had been coming off a bye.

Pittsburg’s final sport was a troublesome 23-15 loss at dwelling to Folsom, which intercepted Rashada 4 instances and blocked a punt and area purpose. The blocks led straight to 2 touchdowns, one on a 12-yard drive and the opposite was returned 75 yards for a landing. 

Pittsburg outgained Folsom 427-262 however got here up quick. 

McClymonds had been coming off a pair of lopsided wins in opposition to overmatched opponents, defeating De Anza-Richmond and Tamalpais-Mill Valley by a mixed 101-7 rely. The Warriors opened with a troublesome 24-21 additional time win over Bellarmine-San Jose. 

The small college energy has received 4 state titles, largely cakewalking over all opponents in its once-proud Oakland Athletic League. The Warriors have received 82 straight video games over OAL opponents, the final loss coming in to Oakland Tech 28-0 within the 2009 league playoffs. 

The scores have gotten increasingly more lopsided over time, topped off by the final three seasons once they’ve piled up 1,013 factors in 18 video games whereas giving up 40. 

They’ve yet one more check, subsequent week internet hosting unbeaten San Ramon Valley-Danville, which entered Friday 4-0 and No. 4 within the SBLive North Coast Part Fab 15 rankings.

This was solely the second time the groups have confronted off since 2004, the opposite was in 2010, additionally at Pittsburg, a 26-21 McClymonds victory. 

Examine again for updates on this sport later. 

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