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Pittsburg picks off San Ramon Valley for fourth straight NCS D1 title: Live update summary

Pirates intercept three passes, two in the end zone; Marley Alcantara throws four touchdowns as Pittsburg beats Wolves for second straight year

Mitch Stephens

Pittsburg senior running back and Washington State commit Jamar Searcy holds up his finger while scoring a 15-yard touchdown run on the first play of the second quarter. It was his team's only score in a 10-7 loss to De La Salle in the North Coast Section Open Division title game at Diablo Valley College. 11/22/2024. Friday, the Pirates play San Ramon Valley for the NCS D1 title.
Pittsburg senior running back and Washington State commit Jamar Searcy holds up his finger while scoring a 15-yard touchdown run on the first play of the second quarter. It was his team's only score in a 10-7 loss to De La Salle in the North Coast Section Open Division title game at Diablo Valley College. 11/22/2024. Friday, the Pirates play San Ramon Valley for the NCS D1 title. / Photo: Dennis Lee

Senior quarterback Marley Alcantara threw for four touchdowns and the Pirates secondary had three key interceptions, two by UCLA commit Jadyn Hudson, to pull out a hard-fought 35-28 victory Friday over San Ramon Valley in the CIF North Coast Section Division 1 championship game at Diablo Valley College.

Down 27-21, San Ramon Valley (11-2) was going down to what looked like a go-ahead touchdown early in the fourth quarter when Truly Bell picked off Rhett Thompson in end end zone.

The Pirates (11-2) smelled blood and Alcantara completed seven passes, three on wideout screens to 6-foot-4, 185-pound junior wideout Rolph Mosley. Alcantara finished off the drive with a 12-yard slant TD strike to Leduane Thomas and after a two-point conversion pass from Jamar Searcy, the Pirates led 35-28 with 10 minutes remaining.

From there, Pittsburg's defense bent but did not break to move into the CIF Northern California Bowl Championships next week.

Two of Alcantara's touchdowns when to Makari Kenion and another went to freshman Kenny Ward.

San Ramon Valley's Owen Scott caught two touchdown passes and ran for another. The game ended the illustrious career of Marco Jones, the Texas A&M bound linebacker and tight end, considered the best player to ever wear a Wolves' uniform.

Check all the scoring down below.

PREGAME: A rematch of last year's same game is highly anticipated.

Pittsburg's 37-21 victory in the North Coast Section Division 1 title game last year will be discussed at length when the two teams tangle again Friday at Diablo Valley College.

The Pirates (10-2) almost snapped De La Salle's 32-year run of NCS titles and 277-game unbeaten streak against NCS opponents last week, losing 10-7 in the rain.

SRV-PITT AT A GLANCE/PICK 'EM CHALLENGE

The Pirates are loaded with Division 1 talent, including future UCLA defenders, safety Jadyn Hudson and DE Juju Walls.

San Ramon Valley (11-1) has what its longtime coach Aaron Becker says is the most dominant and best player in school history in Texas A&M-bound LB-TE Marco Jones. They have plenty of offensive weapons led by senior QB and first year starter Rhett Thompson and UC Davis bound WR Owen Scott.

San Ramon Valley vs. Pittsburg, CIF-NCS Division 1 championship game live updates

FIRST QUARTER

PITTSBURG TOUCHDOWN! Jamar Searcy 6 yard run. Pittsburg 7, San Ramon Valley 0. 9:33 1Q.

SAN RAMON VALLEY TOUCHDOWN! Rhett Thompson 13-yard TD pass to Dylan Deitsch. Great response. San Ramon Valley 7, Pittsburg 7. 5:15 1Q.

PITTSBURG BOMB! Marley Alcantara 71-yard touchdown pass to Makari Kenion. That didn't take long. XP missed could be big. Pittsburg 13, San Ramon Valley 7. 4:05 1Q.

PITTSBURG TOUCHDOWN: Amazing pass and catch from Alcantara to Kenion, 33 yards. Pittsburg 20, San Ramon Valley 7. 0:32 1Q.

SECOND QUARTER

SAN RAMON VALLEY TOUCHDOWN: Owen Scott 27 yard touchdown pass from Thompson. 11:33 2Q. Pittsburg 20, San Ramon Valley 14.

INTERCEPTION JAYDN HUDSON: San Ramon Valley drives to the red zone, but Thompson fires second interception, both to UCLA bound Hudson. This one in the end zone.

TOUCHDOWN SAN RAMON VALLEY! Thompson is undeterred. He steps up in pocket, fires 27-yard to Scott. San Ramon Valley takes its first lead of the game. SRV 21, Pittsburg 20. 1:10 2Q.

HALFTIME: San Ramon Valley 21, Pittsburg 20

THIRD QUARTER

PITTSBURG TOUCHDOWN! Pittsburg takes opening kickoff of second half, freshman Kenny Ward takes hitch pass and travels 23 yards for touchdown. Pittsburg 27, San Ramon Valley 21. 9:21 3Q.

FOURTH QUARTER

INTERCEPTIONN PIRATES! Third interception of game for Pittsburg, Truly Bell with fantastic pick in end zone thwarts what looked to be go-ahead score for San Ramon Valley. Pittsburg still leads 27-21. 9:40 4Q.

TOUCHDOWN PITTSBURG: Alcantara 12-yard TD pass - his fourth of game - to Leduane Thomas. Completes amazing 80-yard drive almost all through the air, most on screens left to Rolph Mosley, the 6-4, 185-pound junior. Three times in a row. Double pass on 2-point conversion. Pittsburg 35, San Ramon Valley 21. 10:01 4Q.

TOUCHDOWN SAN RAMON VALLEY! Owen Scott 5-yard reverse run. Drive extended with couple of Pittsburg penalties. Pittsburg 35, SRV 28. 5:36 4Q.

SRV HOLDS! Pitt only one first down, SRV takes over with 3:38 left at own 24.

PITTSBURG HOLDS! Two drops leads to four and out. Pittsburg takes over after two penalties. Still 1:49 left and SRV has two timesout. Not quite over yet.

SEARCY ENDS IT: Searcy races for 40 yards to San Ramon Valley to 10. With no timeouts, this one is overl

FINAL: Pittsburg 35, San Ramon Valley 28.

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Mitch Stephens
MITCH STEPHENS

Mitch Stephens is a senior editor at SBLive Sports for California, a state he's covered high school sports since 1984. He won multiple CNPA and CPSWA writing awards with the Contra Costa Times, San Francisco Chronicle and MaxPreps.com before joining the SBLive staff in 2022. He's covered the beat nationally since 2007, profiling such athletes as Derrick Henry, Paige Bueckers, Patrick Mahomes, Sabrina Ionescu, Jayson Tatum, Chiney Ogwumike, Jeremy Lin and Najee Harris as preps. You can reach him at mitch@scorebooklive.com.

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