Muir’s 5 Touchdown Passes Pace Pierce

Pierce College, looking for its first victory of the season, welcomed the Jekyll-and-Hyde West Los Angeles Oilers on Saturday night.

The question was, which Oiler team would show up: the one that scored eight points in its first three games, or the one that rallied from a 16-point deficit to upset previously unbeaten Santa Monica a week ago?

A little of both, as it turned out.

Pierce, behind quarterback David Muir’s five touchdown passes, built a 22-point lead in the first half and coasted to a 36-20 victory in a Western State Conference interdivisional game.

Muir, who completed 15 of 26 passes for 180 yards, threw four touchdown passes in the first half as the Brahmas (1-3, 1-2 in conference play) took a 28-6 lead. He connected with a wide-open Cedrick Meadows on a seven-yard touchdown pass play on Pierce’s first possession, and fired an 18-yard scoring pass to a leaping Mike Leaks on the Brahmas’ second series.

Muir also had scoring tosses of nine and 23 yards to Iman Mohtashemi in the second quarter.

Muir, a freshman from Chatsworth High who sat out the final quarter, capped his effort with an eight-yard touchdown pass to Meadows in the third quarter.

The Brahma running game, which was averaging only 51 yards and ranked last in the WSC, cranked out 149 yards and got a boost from backup tailback Kennard Durr, who gained 85 yards in 10 carries.

Starting tailback Patterson added 51 yards in 20 carries.

Pierce limited West Los Angeles (1-4, 1-4) to 195 yards.