Football Preview: Cathedral City Lions vs. Banning Broncos
The Cathedral City Lions will play host again on Friday to welcome the Banning Broncos, where kickoff is scheduled at 7:00 p.m. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Cathedral City's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They blew past Desert Mirage, posting a 30-0 win at home. The contest marked the Lions' most dominant victory of the season.
Meanwhile, Banning waltzed into their game on Thursday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They were the clear victor by a 23-0 margin over the Golden Eagles. The result was nothing new for the Broncos, who have now won five matches by 23 points or more so far this season.
The critical scores for Banning came from JMARI GARLINGTON and JUNIOR DUNAHOO.
Banning's defense made their presence known, laying out the QB 3.5 times. DEVEN RAY was especially locked on to Desert Hot Springs' QB and sacked him twice. RAY also set a new season high mark in total tackles with six.
Special teams played a big role in the game for Banning, adding 11 points to the final score. All came courtesy of DIEGO CEBALLOS: he went 3-for-3 kicking field goals for nine points, and 2-for-2 kicking extra points for an additional two.
Cathedral City's win ended a five-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 3-5. As for Banning, their victory bumped their record up to 7-1.
Cathedral City strolled past Banning in their previous matchup back in October of 2023 by a score of 26-12. Will Cathedral City repeat their success, or does Banning have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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