The Cathedral City Lions are taking a road trip to square off against the San Gorgonio Spartans at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Last Thursday, Cathedral City strolled past Arroyo Valley with points to spare, taking the game 40-24.
Cathedral City wouldn't let Arroyo Valley keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. It was truly a group effort as Angel Gonzalez, Robert Reyes, and Reyes picked up one apiece. Cathedral City got some further help from Yovanny Estrada: he made ten total tackles (4.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, San Gorgonio put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They blew past Indio 42-18.
San Gorgonio can attribute much of their success to Daron Tyson, who gained 146 total yards, and Kaleb Taylor, who 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. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 176 rushing yards in three consecutive matches.
One reason for the win was San Gorgonio's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for five sacks. Leading the way was Anthony Rucker with two.
The win got Cathedral City back to even at 2-2. As for San Gorgonio, their victory was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 3-0.
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