Ryder Lyons accounts for seven touchdowns as Folsom beats Serra 56-42

Ryder Lyons accounted for nearly 400 yards of offense and seven touchdowns as Folsom (Calif.) moved to 2-0 with a 56-42 road win over Junipero Serra (San Mateo, Calif.) on Saturday.

One week after the BYU commit went off against Grant for 408 yards passing and five total touchdowns, he led the Bulldogs to the signature NorCal victory with a go-ahead touchdown pass after the Padres had tied the slugfest at 42-all.

After Serra's Saul Marks booted a 52-yard field goal with about two minutes remaining, Lyons found Ole Miss commit Jameson Powell on a 50-yard strike for the lead. It was the third scoring strike on the afternoon to Powell. 

E.J. Coleman then iced the game with a 43-yard pick-6.

Folsom, which has now put up 50-plus in consecutive weeks, got started slow on Saturday before igniting. The Bulldogs scored on five straight possessions over the first and second quarters. Lyons ran for two scores in addition to two TD passes to Powell and also found three-star wideout Rob Larson on a 19-yard strike.

Trailing 35-25 at half, the Padres retook the lead 39-35 before Lyons gave them a 42-39 lead on a 10-yard rushing score before Marks hit the clutch field goal.

Folsom (2-0), which is No. 38 in the expanded MaxPreps rankings, travels to No. 13 Mission Viejo (Calif.) (2-0) on Sept. 5. Serra (0-1) looks to bounce back with De La Salle (Concord, Calif.) (1-0) on Sept. 6 after the Spartans opened the season with a 10-6 win over Lakeland (Fla.) in the MaxPreps Game of the Week.