Watch: Pittsburg interviews following a 39-21 home win over Oakland power McClymonds

Pirates coach Vic Galli and wide receiver-defensive backs Khai Taylor and Budha Boyd Jr. agree there's still lots of work to do.
Watch: Pittsburg interviews following a 39-21 home win over Oakland power McClymonds
Watch: Pittsburg interviews following a 39-21 home win over Oakland power McClymonds /

There wasn't a ton of celebrating on the Pittsburg sideline or postgame huddles on Friday. 

Yes, the Pirates 39-21 win was over a quality opponent in 4-time state champion McClymonds-Oakland and they scored the games final 17 points when the Warriors challenged. 

But as head coach Vic Galli said, "we haven't put all three phases together yet.' He called parts of Pittsburg's game 'scary,' but not in a good way. 

Budha Boyd Jr. and Khai Taylor were both highly engaged and flashed big wide smiles. Both played huge roles in the win with Taylor hauling in two touchdown passes from Jaden Rashada, and Boyd catching-and-running with one score, then making perhaps the biggest defensive play, with a fumble recovery in the middle of the third quarter. 

Both were eager to share the limelight and praise teammates with blocks on their touchdowns on wide receiver screens. 

Taylor also gave animated answers to questions about his bloodlines — his father and grandfather (Lionel Taylor) both played in the NFL — and his future school, the University of Nevada. 

See interviews above. 


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Mitch Stephens, SBLive Sports

MITCH STEPHENS, SBLIVE SPORTS

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.