No. 14 Folsom needs overtime to beat No. 100 Cathedral Catholic for California state championship

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Folsom, ranked No. 14 in the latest High School Football America 100, won its second straight California Division I-AA state championship Friday night with a 21-14 win over Cathedral Catholic, ranked No. 100 nationally.

Playing in its third straight state champion game, Folsom trailed CC 7-0 and 14-7 in the second half. Boise State verbal commit Kaiden Bennett connected with Joe Ngata on a touchdown pass with about a minute-and-a-half to go in regulation that tied the game at 17. Then in overtime, Bennett, who finishes the season with 62 touchdown passes, hit CJ Hutton for the game-winning score. 

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Jeff is an award-winning journalist and expert in the field of high school sports, underscored with his appearance on CNBC in 2010 to talk about the big business of high school football in America.Jeff turned to his passion for high school football into an entrepreneurial venture called High School Football America, a digital media company focused on producing original high school sports content for radio, television and the internet.Jeff is co-founder and editor-in-chief of High School Football America, a partner with NFL Play Football.