Saint Francis unfortunately couldn't capitalize on their home-field advantage in their season opener. They took a blow against the Cathedral Catholic Dons on Friday, falling 35-7. While losing is never fun, the Lancers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 64th, while the Dons are ranked 14th).
Saint Francis didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. In fact, those interceptions all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Uate Pifeleti.
Cathedral Catholic's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Brady Palmer led the charge by throwing for 260 yards and three TDs on only 16 passes, while also punching in one touchdown on the ground. Those 260 passing yards gave Palmer a new career-high. Cathedral Catholic's leading receiver Parker Johnson was Palmer's top target yet again, picking up 106 receiving yards and a pair of scores.
Cathedral Catholic pushed their record up to 2-0 with the win, which was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season.
Coming up, Saint Francis is packing up and heading out for their first away game of the season: they will challenge McClymonds at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Cathedral Catholic, they will face off against Chandler at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams might be coming in a bit winded given these two teams combined for 850 yards in their previous games.
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