BYU quarterback commit Ryder Lyons faced some adversity going into halftime when Folsom High faced rival Oak Ridge High last Friday in northern California high school action.
Lyons and the Bulldogs trailed 9-7 at the break in a matchup of the top two teams in the CIF San-Joaquin Section after Oak Ridge controlled the tempo.
The five-star rated talent, though, helped lead Folsom to a 28-9 victory as the Bulldogs took over in the second half and got things rolling.
That allowed Folsom to extend its winning streak to 24 games over 19 seasons against Oak Ridge, according to The Sacramento Bee.
For the first time since the team’s second game of the year, Lyons — who has been dealing with an ankle injury in recent weeks — threw four touchdown passes. He completed 19 of 28 passes for 304 yards and four touchdowns in the win, according to MaxPreps.
“We were sloppy in the first half, especially me,” Lyons told Gold Country Media. “It’s kind of my first game back being healthy and I need and the team needs to play better. It was a good win, though. Everyone on this team has got a job to do and we just have to do our jobs better.”
Lyons tossed touchdown throws of 43 yards to Isaiah Williams and 38 yards to Rob Larson, whom BYU has also offered, during the third quarter to build a 21-9 lead, and midway through the fourth, he completed an 84-yard touchdown to Jason Hill Jr., according to the Bee.
Lyons’ other touchdown pass of the day went to Ole Miss commit Jameson Powell, who caught a 15-yard score in the second quarter, per the Bee.
“It was hard for us to get into rhythm in the first half,” Folsom coach Paul Doherty told Gold Country Media. “Oak Ridge drops eight guys into coverage and got a couple sacks and got us into negative down and distance and then we also had a few uncharacteristic dropped passes.
“At halftime, we just told them that we’ve got to play better. We’ve got minimal opportunities and we have to maximize those opportunities with minimal mistakes.”
Up next for Folsom is a Del Oro squad that is 4-2 on the year and ranked No. 7 in MaxPreps’ CIF San-Joaquin Section rankings.
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Ryder Lyons, QB
Folsom High (Folsom, California)
247 Sports composite: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (0.9857 composite rating)
- Last week: W, 28-9 over Oak Ridge — 19 of 28 passing, 304 passing yards, 4 passing touchdowns; 5 carries, minus-15 rushing yards
- Reported season totals: 116 of 156 passing, 1,495 passing yards, 14 passing touchdowns, 2 interceptions; 42 carries, 6 rushing yards, 6 rushing touchdowns
- This week: Friday at Del Oro
Lyons tossed four touchdowns for the first time since Week 2 and Folsom High overcame a 9-7 halftime deficit to improve to 5-1 on the season.
Brock Harris, TE
Pine View High (St. George)
247 Sports composite: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (0.9620 composite ranking)
- Last week: W, 23-16 over Desert Hills — 3 receptions, 47 receiving yards; 1 carry, 20 rushing yards; 1 tackle, 0.5 sack
- Reported season totals: 43 receptions, 825 receiving yards, 14 touchdowns; 6 carries, 42 rushing yards; 6 tackles (5 solo), 4 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks
- This week: Bye
Harris accounted for 67 yards of total offense in helping Pine View win its second straight and improve to 6-2 ahead of a bye.
Bott Mulitalo, IOL
Lone Peak High (Highland)
247 Sports composite: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (0.9405 composite ranking)
- Last week: L, 37-34 to Skyridge
- This week: Thursday vs. Lehi
Mulitalo helped the Knights put up 402 yards of total offense in a back-and-forth game that ended in double overtime. That included 338 passing yards for Lone Peak.
Jax Tanner, IOL
Rocky Mountain High (Meridian, Idaho)
247 Sports composite: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (0.8967 composite ranking)
- Last week: W, 69-0 over Meridian
- This week: Friday at Middleton
Tanner helped Rocky Mountain improve to 6-0 while rolling up 479 yards of offense in the shutout victory.
Legend Glasker, WR
Lehi High (Lehi)
247 Sports composite: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (0.8916 composite ranking)
- Last week: W, 26-3 over American Fork — 5 receptions, 57 receiving yards; 1 carry, 6 rushing yards; 2 punt returns, 22 yards
- Reported season totals: 28 receptions, 478 yards, 7 receiving touchdowns; 7 carries, 182 rushing yards, 1 rushing touchdown
- This week: Thursday at Lone Peak
Glasker had his second game of the season with five or more catches while adding a 6-yard run in helping Lehi bounce back from a two-game losing streak to beat the Cavemen.
Ty Goettsche, TE
Cherry Creek High (Englewood, Colorado)
247 Sports composite: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (0.8889 composite ranking)
- Last week: W, 49-12 over Cherokee Trail — 1 reception, 57 receiving yards, 1 receiving touchdown
- Reported season totals: 13 receptions, 259 receiving yards, 6 receiving touchdowns
- This week: Thursday at Arapahoe
Goettsche caught a 57-yard touchdown pass — his only reception of the night — just before halftime in lifting Cherry Creek to a 42-6 lead at the break, according to MaxPreps.
Six games into the season, nearly half of Goettsche’s 13 receptions — six of them — have resulted in touchdowns.
Braxton Lindsey, LB
Rogers High (Rogers, Arkansas)
247 Sports composite: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (0.8867 composite ranking)
- Last week: W, 56-55 over Fayetteville
- This week: Friday vs. Bentonville West
No statistics for Rogers were entered onto MaxPreps for this game. Lindsey and Rogers were able to stay unbeaten after blocking a late extra-point attempt, according to 40/29 News.
At the 2:45 mark in the video below, Lindsey can be seen scoring on a long touchdown pass.
Kaue Akana, WR
Orem High (Orem)
247 Sports composite: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (0.8789 composite ranking)
- Last week: W, 50-7 over Pleasant Grove — 4 receptions, 80 receiving yards, 2 receiving touchdowns
- Reported season totals: 20 receptions, 324 receiving yards, 6 receiving touchdowns; 6 tackles (5 solo), 1 tackle for loss, 1 QB hurry
- This week: Thursday vs. Payson
Akana led the Tigers with four catches for 80 yards in the blowout win, according to MaxPreps.
He scored on touchdown receptions of 42 and 17 yards to help Orem build a 42-7 first-half lead. It was the second time this season that Akana scored two touchdowns in a game.
Jaxson Gates, CB
Damien High (La Verne, California)
247 Sports composite: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (0.8789 composite ranking)
- Last week: L, 24-22 to Rancho Cucamonga — 4 tackles (2 solo)
- Reported season totals: 14 tackles (9 solo), 1 pass deflection
- This week: Friday at Atiwanda
Damien suffered its first loss of the season, as it couldn’t overcome 24 first-quarter points from Rancho Cucamonga.
Matthew Mason, S
Faith Lutheran High (Las Vegas)
247 Sports composite: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (0.8778 composite ranking)
- Last week: L, 42-10 to Liberty — 9 tackles (7 solo); 2 kickoff returns, 53 yards
- Reported season totals: 62 tackles (46 solo), 2 tackles for loss, 3 pass deflections, 1 blocked field goal, 1 blocked punt; 9 kickoff returns, 217 yards
- This week: Friday at Basic
Mason was second on the team in tackles as Faith Lutheran fell to 1-6 on the year.
Adam Bywater, LB
Olympus High (Holladay)
247 Sports composite: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (0.8700 composite ranking)
- Last week: W, 24-0 over Viewmont — 3 tackles, 1 interception; 2 receptions, 16 receiving yards, 2 receiving touchdowns
- Reported season totals: 90 tackles, 4 interceptions, 1 blocked field goal; 21 receptions, 213 receiving yards, 4 receiving touchdowns
- This week: Thursday at Woods Cross
Bywater made big plays on both sides of the ball as Olympus bounced back with a win over Viewmont.
He grabbed his fourth interception of the season on defense, while Bywater also caught a pair of touchdown passes for 12 and 4 yards.
Nehemiah Kolone, DL
Stillwater High (Stillwater, Oklahoma)
247 Sports composite: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (0.8678 composite ranking)
- Last week: W, 61-6 over Grant — 3 tackles (1 solo), 1 tackle for loss, 1 sack
- Reported season totals: 24 tackles (17 solo), 13 tackles for loss, 7 sacks
- This week: Friday at Northwest Classen
Kolone recorded his seventh sack of the year in another blowout victory for 4-1 Stillwater. He has had at least one sack in every game this season, and his 13 tackles for loss lead the team.
Sefania Alatini, ATH
Saint Francis High (Mountain View, California)
247 Sports composite: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (0.8678 composite ranking)
- Last week: W, 56-17 over Bellarmine College Prep — 2 receptions, 20 receiving yards, 1 receiving touchdown; 1 carry, minus-3 rushing yards; 2 tackles (2 solo), 1 pass deflection; 1 punt return, 25 yards
- Reported season totals: 8 receptions, 140 receiving yards, 4 receiving touchdowns; 1 carry, minus-3 rushing yards; 18 tackles (12 solo); 1 kickoff return, 18 yards; 1 punt return, 25 yards
- This week: Friday vs. Archbishop Mitty
Alatini contributed in all phases in helping Saint Francis pick up its first win of the season. That included his fourth touchdown reception of the year.
Graham Livingston, WR
Ridgeline High (Millville)
247 Sports composite: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (0.8667 composite ranking)
- Last week: W, 40-6 over Stansbury — 7 receptions, 93 receiving yards, 2 receiving touchdowns; 1 tackle
- This week: W, 49-14 over Green Canyon — 3 receiving touchdowns (not full stat line)
- Reported season totals (prior to this week’s game): 55 receptions, 899 receiving yards, 10 receiving touchdowns; 8 tackles (5 solo), 2 interceptions, 1 pass deflection
Livingston and Ridgeline played an early game this week, beating Green Canyon handily on Wednesday night. He added three more receiving touchdowns to his season total, scoring from 5, 57 and 21 yards in the win.
That gives Livingston four multi-touchdown games this season for unbeaten Ridgeline.
Lopeti ‘Juni’ Moala, Edge
Orem High (Orem)
247 Sports composite: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (0.8644 composite ranking)
- Last week: W, 50-7 over Pleasant Grove — 4 tackles (3 solo), 3 tackles for loss, 3 sacks, 1 fumble recovery, 3 fumbles forced
- Reported season totals: 45 tackles (24 solo), 20 tackles for loss, 15 sacks, 8 QB hurries, 3 pass deflections, 1 fumble recovery, 3 fumbles forced
- This week: Thursday vs. Payson
Moala was a destructive force on the D-line for Orem in the win over Pleasant Grove.
In addition to three sacks — the most for him since he recorded six sacks in the season opener — Moala also recovered a fumble and caused three fumbles in the blowout.
Parker Ord, TE
Panther Creek High (Frisco, Texas)
247 Sports composite: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (0.8644 composite ranking)
- Last week: W, 51-12 over Paris — 4 receptions, 44 receiving yards
- Reported season totals: 15 receptions, 258 receiving yards, 5 receiving touchdowns; 3 tackles (all solo)
- This week: Friday at Community
Ord was one of three Panther Creek receivers with four or more receptions as the Panthers put up 285 passing yards in the win.
Antonio Johnson, CB
Arlington Heights High (Fort Worth, Texas)
247 Sports composite: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (0.8589 composite ranking)
- Last week: W, 65-0 over Polytechnic — 3 tackles (2 solo), 1 interception; 1 reception, 41 receiving yards, 1 receiving touchdown
- Season totals: 18 tackles (17 solo), 5 interceptions; 17 receptions, 241 receiving yards, 5 receiving touchdowns
- This week: Thursday at Saginaw
Johnson continues his standout senior season by scoring on both sides of the ball for Arlington Heights in their latest game.
In addition to a 41-yard touchdown reception, he scored on a 35-yard pick-six in the win. Johnson has had one interception in five different games this season for Arlington Heights and has 101 interception return yards on the year, but this was his first pick-six.
Terrance Saryon, WR
Evergreen High (Vancouver, Washington)
247 Sports composite: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (0.8589 composite ranking)
- Last week: L, 35-22 to Kelso — 8 receptions, 182 receiving yards, 1 receiving touchdown; 3 carries, 23 rushing yards
- Reported season totals (incomplete reporting): 23 receptions, 398 receiving yards, 2 receiving touchdowns; 4 carries, 28 rushing yards
- This week: Friday at Shelton
Saryon nearly doubled his receiving yards on the year with his best outing of the season.
He had a team-high eight receptions for 182 yards and his second touchdown of the season as Evergreen fell to 2-3 on the year.
Devaughn Eka, RB
Lehi High (Lehi)
247 Sports composite: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (0.8544 composite ranking)
- Last week: W, 26-3 over American Fork — 15 carries, 142 rushing yards, 2 rushing touchdowns; 5 receptions, 40 receiving yards, 1 receiving touchdown
- Reported season totals: 99 carries, 862 rushing yards, 13 rushing touchdowns; 22 receptions, 289 receiving yards, 4 receiving touchdowns
- This week: Thursday at Lone Peak
Eka accounted for all three of Lehi’s touchdowns in the blowout win over American Fork.
He started the game with a 72-yard scoring run and later added a 6-yard touchdown grab to get the Pioneers out to a 13-0 lead in the second quarter.
In the third quarter, Eka added a 12-yard touchdown run for his 13th rushing score of the season. He’s now piled up 17 touchdowns and more than 1,000 total yards of offense this season.
Justice Brathwaite, CB
Higley High (Gilbert, Arizona)
247 Sports composite: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (0.8522 composite ranking)
- Last week: W, 24-17 over Saguaro — 2 tackles (both solo), 1 pass deflection
- Reported season totals: 14 tackles (10 solo), 1 interception, 6 pass deflections
- This week: Bye
Brathwaite helped Higley bounce back from a loss the week before to edge Saguaro in a low-scoring game.