Despite being a heavy underdog, Pittsburg was not shocked that it kept the score competitive in a road loss against nationally ranked St. John Bosco-Bellflower on Friday night.

“I wasn’t surprised at how the game went at all,” Pittsburg coach Charlie Ramirez told the Bay Area News Group. “That’s why we scheduled them. I knew we were capable of playing with the best, and we did. I don’t think the kids were surprised to a certain extent because of how they came out.”

For almost three quarters, Pittsburg was within a touchdown of the vaunted Southern California juggernaut. But Bosco’s talent proved to be too much in the end as the Pirates fell 35-14 on the road.

“You don’t get an opportunity as a Northern California team to play against these guys unless you go down and play them in the championship game,” Ramirez said. “The learning part tonight was exactly what I was looking to try and accomplish for our guys.”

Pittsburg’s Marley Alcantara was 26-for-33 passing for 212 yards and two touchdowns as the Pirates fell to 3-1.

No. 6 El Cerrito 49, No. 16 Campolindo 0 >> Gavin Thompson started the scoring three minutes into the game, and El Cerrito never looked back as it routed Campolindo in a running-clock victory. Fresno State-bound quarterback Jonathan Craft threw a 48-yard touchdown pass as part of a night in which El Cerrito scored a trio of touchdowns through the air.

No. 7 San Ramon Valley 51, No. 9 McClymonds 14 >> For the second year in a row, San Ramon Valley routed McClymonds in a nonleague matchup, this time at the Mackhouse. Rhett Thompson threw for five touchdowns, three to Evan Economos, one to Sammy Avalos and the other to Owen Scott.

No. 8 Los Gatos 62, Mountain View 6 >> Los Gatos was up 48-0 at the half and cruised to an easy victory. Scotty Brennan tossed a 45-yard touchdown pass to Owen Panu and ran for a 4-yard score. Grayson Doslak had a two-yard rushing TD to close out the first quarter. Doslak added a 16-yard rushing score to put the Cats up 28-0.

Burlingame 19, No. 10 Wilcox 18 >> Cole Hardtke, Jack Flanzer and Jake Flood scored touchdowns to lead the Panthers to an upset victory. Burlingame had a crucial goal-line stand in the third quarter, then drove 99 yards for a TD. “Changed the game right there,” Panthers coach John Philipopoulos said.

No. 12 Las Lomas 54, Alhambra 7 >> Roman Mercado and Dylan Thomas each accounted for three touchdowns as the Knights improved to 4-0. Mercado ran for two scores and caught a touchdown pass from Thomas, who passed for two scores and ran for another. Kane Sekulich had two long TD runs.

No. 13 California 47, Antioch 18 >> Arjun Banerjee tossed four touchdowns as California routed Antioch on the road. Jhadis Luckey had a receiving and a rushing touchdown. Nick Hubbard, Jake Westfall and Aiden Rumble each caught a touchdown pass.

No. 15 Clayton Valley 34, Northgate 17 >> Tyson Lovett threw two first-quarter touchdown passes, one to Logan Knapp and the other to Tony Keck, as the host Ugly Eagles squared their record at 2-2. Hayezon Jackson took over after that, scoring on runs of 19, 4 and 2 yards.

No. 17 Liberty 35, Amador Valley 28 >> Benjamin Hill’s 20-yard interception return for a touchdown with five minutes remaining capped off a furious rally for the Lions, who trailed by 14 late in the third quarter. Amador Valley’s Tristan Tia rushed for two touchdowns to help build that lead. Liberty QB Sage Robertson rushed for a TD and threw a five-yard touchdown pass to Jaxon Bell.

No. 19 Monte Vista 38, James Logan 20 >> After trailing by 10 points early, Monte Vista found its groove in the second half to win at home. With Washington-bound running back Julian McMahan out with injury, junior Henry Lasker stepped up and rushed for 188 yards and two touchdowns. Fresno State commit Brayden Turner completed 15 of 19 passes for 220 yards and three TDs

No. 20 Acalanes 63, College Park 28 >> College Park was able to keep it close for a quarter, but in the end Acalanes’ firepower was too much to handle for the Falcons. Tyler Winkles threw for three touchdowns and 292 yards, finding teammates Niko White, David Gonzales and Grant Ricker for scores.

No. 23 Santa Teresa 17, Hillsdale 0 >> The Saints came up with five turnovers, four interceptions and a fumble recovery as the San Jose school remained undefeated with a victory at home over Hillsdale. Cornerback Isaiah Rivera had two of the pass thefts, Robert Estrada one and sophomore Jalen Karriem another one, that he returned 76 yards for a TD.

No. 25 Menlo-Atherton 35, Live Oak 0 >> Teddy Dacey and Xander Eschelman alternated by series at quarterback and threw two touchdown passes apiece. The Bears led 28-0 at halftime, scored on their first possession of the third quarter and a running clock was in effect the rest of the way. JT Roeder caught three touchdown passes and Evaimalo Ama caught one.

Arcata 38, Oakland 20 >> Oakland’s Lenox Colvin threw for 228 yards and three touchdowns, and WR Malachi Sanchez pulled in a couple of TDs through the air as the Wildcats did their best to stay competitive with Arcata but couldn’t get over the hump.

Livermore 35, Moreau Catholic 28 (OT) >> Matteo Lortie’s 13-yard go-ahead touchdown pass to Matthew Benson in overtime was the difference in a battle of high-powered East Bay offenses. Moreau’s Jayden Bryant rushed for 212 yards and two touchdowns and quarterback Jeremiah Charles was 16 for 26 for 212 yards and two scores.

Carlmont 26, South San Francisco 21 >> Johnny Dunne connected with Sean Chopoff on two touchdown passes as Carlmont improved to 3-1. After South City went ahead 21-20 in the fourth quarter, the second Dunne-to-Chopoff touchdown pass provided the winning margin. Dunne was 7 of 16 for 157 yards. Chopoff had three catches for 113 yards as well as six tackles on defense.

Independence 25, Mt. Pleasant 24 >> Independence dug its way out of a 24-3 fourth-quarter deficit to win this one at home. “Very exciting game,” Indy coach Jay Braun said. Sixers quarterback Myles Pagaduan tossed two touchdown passes and ran for another to lead the comeback. Anthony Garcia caught a 1-yard toss for a score and Minh Vu snagged another 1-yard TD.

Pioneer 24, Leigh 21 >> Jesse Herrera led the charge offensively for Pioneer (2-2), compiling 210 yards rushing and a touchdown on 29 carries. Thomas Fries carried the ball five times for 40 yards and a TD. Sam Natividad caught four passes for 50 yards and a score.

Nathan Canilao, Joseph Dycus, Christian Babcock, Glenn Reeves and Mike Lefkow contributed to this report.