Football Preview: Cathedral City Lions vs. San Gorgonio Spartans
The Cathedral City Lions will head out on the road to square off against the San Gorgonio Spartans at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Thursday, Cathedral City strolled past Arroyo Valley with points to spare, taking the game 40-24.
Meanwhile, San Gorgonio put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They were the clear victor by a 42-18 margin over Indio.
Daron Tyson and Kaleb Taylor were among the main playmakers for San Gorgonio as the former gained 146 total yards and the latter picked up 21 receiving yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance also gave Tyson a new career-high in rushing yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, San Gorgonio was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 421 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Indio only rushed for 83.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to San Gorgonio's defense and their five sacks. Leading the way was Anthony Rucker with two.
The victory got Cathedral City back to even at 2-2. As for San Gorgonio, they pushed their record up to 3-0 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season.
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