Two dominant backs in Jake Funderburg and Max Turner are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Cathedral Catholic Dons will square off against the Granite Hills Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Cathedral Catholic's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They blew past St. Augustine, posting a 42-0 victory on the road. Given the Dons' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 35th, while the Saints are ranked 350th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Granite Hills had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 39 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They breezed by the Cougars at home to the tune of 39-0. The score at the end of the third wound up being the final score as the Eagles just coasted through the last quarter.
Turner continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 125 yards and two touchdowns on only six carries, while also catching a touchdown. His longest rush was for an impressive 54 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. Another player making a difference was Zac Benitez, who threw for 210 yards and three touchdowns on only 15 passes.
The win made it two in a row for Cathedral Catholic and bumps their season record up to 5-1. As for Granite Hills, they pushed their record up to 5-1 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season.
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