Football Game Preview: Lyons Lions vs. Clear Creek Golddiggers + Official Tickets

The Lyons Lions will take on the Clear Creek Golddiggers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.

Lyons is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed past Justice to the tune of 58-20 on Thursday. The victory continues a trend for the Lions in their matchups with the Phoenix: they've now won five in a row.

Grady Pickering was nothing short of spectacular: he rushed for 106 yards and one touchdown on only eight carries.

Pickering was just one part of a punishing run game: Lyons was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 622 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.

Meanwhile, Clear Creek got themselves on the board against Belleview Christian on Friday, but Belleview Christian never followed suit. They blew past the Bruins, posting a 49-0 win. Considering the Golddiggers have won four matchups by more than 27 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.

Lyons' first victory this season bumped their record up to 1-5. As for Clear Creek, their win bumped their record up to 6-0.

Lyons took a serious blow against Clear Creek in their previous matchup back in October of 2024, falling 47-14. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point the Lions were down 47-0.