Ryder Lyons leads Folsom over St. Bonaventure with game-winning drive to claim CIF State title

MISSION VIEJO, CALIFORNIA – Folsom senior lineman Lucas Hardeman remembers. “2021 was my motivation,” he said. That’s the last time Folsom was in a CIF State final. The Bulldogs lost to Cathedral Catholic of San Diego in the Division 1AA final. In 2022, the Bulldogs fell one victory short of the CIF State final, losing in the regional final to De La Salle. Fast forward to 2023, Hardeman was beaming with joy from the championship podium on the same field Folsom lost in 2021 – but this time – he was a champion after beating St. Bonaventure 20-14 in the…