Mustangs take sole possession of first place in the Pacific League 

For the first time since 2022 the John Burroughs Bears lost a game in the Pacific League, snapping their eight game winning streak at the hands of the John Muir Mustangs. With the 50-6 victory, Muir moved into first place in the Pacific League while Burroughs fell to second place. Last week Burroughs had a come from behind victory to beat Hoover 47-21 and Muir blew out Arcadia 49-3.

The Mustangs quickly got on the scoreboard first  when Keyon Mills connected with Zion McDonald with a 68 yard pass on the second play of the game in the opening quarter. Mills also threw a 25 yard touchdown pass to Michael Allen to make the score 14-0. Noah Bozeman also contributed to the scoring with a nine yard touchdown run which included a two point conversion being successful on a quarterback run by Mills to give Muir a 22 point first quarter. 

Alijah Parker continued the dominance of the Mustangs with a goal line touchdown run to make the score 29-0. This was followed by Bozeman catching a 16-yard touchdown pass from Mills to give the Mustangs a 36-0 advantage in the second quarter. Guy Blaylock later caught a three-yard receiving touchdown to put Muir up 43-0 at the halftime break. 

Allen recorded his second touchdown of the game to give Muir a 50-0 lead. This time, he ran for 64 yards to the end zone. The Bears finally got on the board when Mingus Allen connected with Giordan Lewis with a 12 yard touchdown pass to make the score 50-6. 

“This loss really hurt us.”said Bears coach LaRon Johnson. “We didn’t play to our full potential and had a lot of mistakes early.”. Johnson also stated that the Bears have got to play with love for the next three weeks when asked about how the team will approach the stretch run before the CIF Playoffs. 

Burroughs drops to 5-2 overall, and 3-1 in Pacific League play while Muir improves to 5-2 overall and 4-0 in Pacific League play. Muir will return to action on Thursday, October 17th to host the Hoover Tornadoes with kickoff scheduled for 7:00 p.m. Burroughs will travel to Glendale High School next Friday, October 18th to start their two game road trip with Crescenta Valley at 7:00 p.m. The next time Burroughs will play a game at Memorial Field will be on Friday, November 1st in the 76th annual homecoming football game. This game against crosstown rival Burbank will see the Bears serving as the designated home team with kickoff scheduled for 7:00 p.m.