Folsom beats Oak Ridge: Final sore, updates from Sac-Joaquin Section finals rematch

Lance Smith

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Folsom stayed on top of Oak Ridge despite a strong effort from the Trojans on Friday, winning 28-9 in a rematch of the 2024 CIF-SJS D1 championship.

5-star BYU commit Ryder Lyons threw a touchdown pass each to four different Folsom receivers, with three of the Bulldogs' scores coming in the second half after they trailed 9-7 at halftime.

Oak Ridge took the opening kickoff and milked the clock about as well as you'll ever see, running down 11 minutes and three seconds before Tyler Andujar punched it in with 57 seconds left in the first quarter for the team's only touchdown.

Lyons threw his first touchdown to Powell from 15 yards out with about seven minutes left in the second quarter, and Oak Ridge went into halftime up 9-7 after a field goal.

In the third quarter, Lyons threw touchdowns of roughly 40 yards to Isaiah Williams and Rob Larson, and his touchdown to Jason Hill Jr. in the fourth quarter went most of the length of the field.

After opening with wins over Rocklin and Oak Ridge, Folsom already has a stranglehold of the Sierra Foothill League race. The Bulldogs still have to get through Del Oro, Whitney (Rocklin), Jesuit, and Granite Bay though.

Scroll down for a pregame overview followed by scoring, updates, and highlights from the game.

Pregame

After beating Rocklin two weeks ago and taking a bye week, Folsom controls its own fate in the SFL as usual. With that said, the Bulldogs weren't exactly unstoppable in that 34-21 Rocklin win in which Ryder Lyons returned from injury, and Rocklin went on to get upset by Jesuit last week, so based solely on the last two weeks, Oak Ridge has a chance here. In fact, Oak Ridge's 2025 resume is absolutely on par with Folsom's thanks to its wins over St. Mary's (Stockton), Del Oro, Granite Bay, and Frontier. It's just hard to imagine the Trojans doing close to a 180 after losing 35-7 and 41-0 in last year's meetings with Folsom, but that was 2024 and it's currently too early to count them out.

Final score, results

Folsom wins 28-9.

FOURTH QUARTER:

EARLY Q4 – Folsom 28, Oak Ridge 9: The trend continues as Lyons connects with Jason Hill Jr. to go most of the field for a touchdown in one play.

THIRD QUARTER:

LATE Q3 – Folsom 21, Oak Ridge 9: Folsom's passing game strikes quickly again. Lyons throws another touchdown of about 40 yards, this time to Rob Larson.

3:06 – Folsom 14, Oak Ridge 9: It's Lyons to Isaiah Williams for a touchdown from roughly 40 yards out to give Folsom the lead.

Q3: Travis Beatty records a stellar interception around midfield for the Bulldogs. Ben Rivas responds for Oak Ridge with his second sack of the game, which leads to a Trojans three-and-out.

SECOND QUARTER:

Oak Ridge leads Folsom 9-7 at halftime.

LATE Q2 – Oak Ridge 9, Folsom 7: Oak Ridge has retaken the lead with a field goal.

MID-Q2 – Folsom 7, Oak Ridge 6: Folsom takes its first lead about five minutes into the second quarter on a 15-yard touchdown from Ryder Lyons to Jameson Powell.

FIRST QUARTER:

0:57 – Oak Ridge 6, Folsom 0: The opening drive of the game goes a whopping 11 minutes and three seconds before Oak Ridge sees pay dirt on a short run from Tyler Andujar. PAT is no good after a botched snap or hold.

Lance Smith

Lance has covered high school basketball, football and softball since 2019. A graduate of The USC Marshall School of Business, Smith dabbles in linear algebra and football and basketball computer rankings.