Spartans lose to same team in back-to-back years for first time in 43 years.
It's the first time in 43 years that De La Salle has lost to a team from Northern California in back-to-back years as Folsom beat the Spartans 28-27 in last year's Northern California 1-AA Regional Bowl.
On Friday, Folsom trailed 20-17 with less than two minutes to play and faced a fourth-and-goal from 1 when junior
Austin Mack took the snap. The three-star quarterback with offers from Cal, Stanford and Oregon jumped over the goal line to give the Bulldogs a 24-20 lead that eventually became the final.
Mack started off the scoring in the first quarter with a touchdown pass to senior tight end
Mason Norberg and went into halftime with a 10-0 lead.
Folsom senior quarterback Austin Mack scored a rushing touchdown on fourth down to lead the Bulldogs to a 24-20 win over De La Salle.
Photo: Ernie Abrea
De La Salle's senior three-star running back
Charles Greer got the Spartans on the board with a 14-yard touchdown run early in the third but Folsom took a 17-7 lead when senior
Donovan Maxey-Parler scored from 19 yards out.
In the fourth, De La Salle kept itself in the game as junior quarterback
Carson Su'esu'e scored from 1-yard out to cut the lead to 17-14. Then the Spartans took their first lead with three minutes to play when Su'esu'e got into the end zone.
A strong kick return set Folsom up with good field position and Mack used his legs to scramble and take the Bulldogs into the red zone.
De La Salle, which falls to 3-2, lost its seventh game since 2019. De La Salle had a 318-game win streak against Northern California teams (north of Fresno) snapped last season by Saint Francis (Mountain View, Calif.) before falling to Folsom in the NorCal Bowl game.
Folsom moves to 4-1 and has another big test next week when the Bulldogs face an undefeated Oak Ridge which has allowed 10 points all season.
