Unbeaten no more: Pittsburg falls to Folsom in a tense NorCal championship game

FOLSOM — What had been a perfect season for Pittsburg under new head coach Charlie Ramirez, one that included league and section championships and 13 victories, ended on a damp and cool Saturday night at the edge of the Sierra foothills.

One of the oldest cliches about the sport of football is it’s a game of inches.

For the visitors from the Bay Area, the axiom rung true as they watched Folsom celebrate a Northern California Division 1-A regional championship they thought would be theirs.