Football Preview: Granite Bay Grizzlies vs. Folsom Bulldogs
Granite Bay is 1-9 against Folsom since September of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Granite Bay Grizzlies will be playing at home against the Folsom Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Granite Bay took a loss when they played away from home last Friday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Davis Sr. 52-14. Given the Grizzlies' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 94th, while the Blue Devils are ranked 649th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
This one was won in the trenches and the lion's share of the credit has to go to Isaiah Ene and he. Ene rushed for 108 yards and two touchdowns on only six carries while he rushed for 108 yards and two touchdowns on only six carries. The dominant performance also gave Gabe Smyth a new career-high in rushing yards (101). Darnell Turner Jr. was another key player, picking up 95 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, Folsom had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 38 points) and they went ahead and made it seven on Friday. They took their matchup with ease, bagging a 55-10 victory over the Marauders. The game was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 34-10.
Folsom relied on the efforts of Ryder Lyons, who threw for 293 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 11.7 yards per attempt, and Taniela Tupou, who picked up 133 receiving yards and three touchdowns. Tupou got the majority of those receiving yards when he pulled down a pass and took off for a gain of 71 yards. Carter Jackson helped Lyons out on the ground, rushing for 82 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries.
Granite Bay's win bumped their record up to 7-2. As for Folsom, they pushed their record up to 8-1 with the victory, which was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season.
Granite Bay came up short against Folsom when the teams last played back in October of 2023, falling 28-21. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Lyons, who rushed for 66 yards and four touchdowns, and also threw for 212 yards on 16 of 24 attempts. Now that Granite Bay knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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