Prep football roundup: Folsom wins ‘championship game,’ Granite Bay, Del Oro, Elk Grove roll
Folsom High School has played the region’s most daunting schedule, including a 17-12 loss to the Northern California top-ranked team in Serra of San Mateo last month, with No. 2 De La Salle of Concord looming next week.
On Friday, the Bee’s top-ranked team beat NorCal No. 4 Pittsburg in the East Bay 23-15 thanks to four interceptions and two blocked punts, one by Donovan Maxey-Parler, who also scored on a 3-yard run. Austin Mack hit Mason Norberg for a 12-yard touchdown after the blocked punt for a 13-7 lead in the third.
Jake Tremain booted a 40-yard field goal to make it 16-7 early in the fourth, and Joseph Chavez blocked a punt that was scooped up by Ayreon Smith, who returned it 75 yards for a 23-7 lead. Greco Carillo, Mason Kelly, Slade Wilson and Diallo Washington had interceptions for Folsom (3-1).
“This was a championship game for us,” Folsom coach Paul Doherty said.
▪ No. 2 Granite Bay beat No. 10 Vacaville 35-14 in a nonleague contest as McCade Long passed for 250 yards and touchdown strikes to Joseph Cattolico and Michah Navarro, and Carter Jackson had a 52-yard scoring run and a 2-yarder to move the Grizzlies to 5-0. Vacaville quarterback Brody Fortunati was knocked out of the game after an interception, suffering a hip injury. He tweeted that he will miss the rest of the season.
▪ No. 3 Monterey Trail rolled Laguna Creek 49-7 in a Metropolitan Conference opener at Cosumnes River College as Jervin Navarro ran for 174 yards and two scores, and Vince Arcuri had an 80-yard touchdown run and a touchdown pass. and Denzell Butler returned a punt 88 yards for a score for the Mustangs (3-2).
▪ No. 4 Oak Ridge beat Pleasant Valley of Chico 41-10 as Maddox Varella had three touchdown passes, Kaden Koschik ran for a 41-yard touchdown and the starters allowed no touchdowns for the fourth successive week without a loss.
▪ No. 5 Jesuit beat No. 6 Sheldon 35-21 in a Delta League opener as Jagger Shadix ran for 114 yards and two scores, CJ Lee had touchdown run and pass and the Marauders had five sacks to move to 4-0.
▪ No. 8 Del Oro beat Bay Area power Menlo-Atherton 42-13 as Caden Pinick passed for 235 yards and four touchdowns and ran for a score to improve to 5-0. Del Oro had interceptions from Aaron Dabney-Unfriend, Beaux Saue and Brandon Hill, and Hill blocked a punt that Sam Murray took in for a score.
▪ No. 11 Elk Grove raced past Cosumnes Oaks 42-14 as Wayshawn Parker rushed for 232 yards and four touchdowns, including a 60-yarder in which he ran into the line, was engulfed for a moment, and then emerged out of the other side and took off for the remaining 75 yards. Lati Vaefaga had a 96-yard interception return for Elk Grove (2-2).
▪ No. 16 Woodcreek beat No. 17 Lincoln 21-0 in nonleague play in seizing control of the trenches as Hakeem Anderson rushed for two first-half touchdowns for the 3-1 Timberwolves.
▪ No. 18 Sutter moved to 5-0 with a 35-7 rout of Marysville in a PVL opener as Brucie rushed for 127 yards and three touchdowns.
▪ No. 21 Liberty Ranch beat Tokay 33-6 as Arthur Draeger rushed for 205 yards and three touchdowns and returned an interception 55 yards for a score for the 5-0 Hawks.
▪ No. 23 West Park beat Rodriguez of Fairfield 25-6 behind touchdowns by Develle Barksdale and Westin Wade to move to 3-0.
▪ Antelope beat No. 25 Roseville 48-42 as Curron Borders rushed for 180 yards and three touchdowns and returned an interception that helped set up a score, and the defense had a last-second stand to ice it. Quarterback Graydon Brandon of Roseville had more than 320 yards of total offense and six touchdowns, five rushing.
▪ Freshman Ryder Trantham had five touchdown passes, two to Isaiah Langham, as Capital Christian beat Rio Americano 56-8 in a Capital Athletic League opener for the Cougars’ first win.
▪ Woodland beat El Dorado 51-37 behind quarterback Carter Imbach and receiver Joe Cadotte to improve to 2-2.
▪ Bella Vista beat River Valley 28-21 as Carson Newman rushed for 121 yards and two touchdowns and made four extra-points as the Broncos (3-1) won their first Capital Valley Conference game in six seasons.
▪ McClatchy rallied from 12-0 down to beat rival Kennedy 26-20 in overtime at Hughes Stadium in a Metropolitan Conference opener behind Frank Espinoza, who ran for 78 yards and tossed three touchdown passes, including the game-winner.
▪ Johnson beat Galt 54-27 as Marino Fragata passed for 512 yards and seven touchdowns, four to first-time player Jhayson Fowler, who added a pick-six touchdown, for the 3-1 Warriors.
▪ Colfax beat Center 27-21 in a Pioneer Valley League opener behind River Roach, who passed for 195 yards and two touchdowns to Austin Liden, and the Falcons had three fourth-down stops inside the 10-yard line in the second half to move to 3-1. Logan Campbell rushed for 200 yards for Center.
▪ Highlands beat Florin 37-0 as freshman quarterback Walter Lewis passed for four first-half touchdowns and ran for one. He hit Mike Augustus for two scores for the 3-2 Scots.
This story was originally published September 17, 2022 at 1:59 PM.