Sunday, September 11, 2016 - 10:56am By The Leader Staff
Lemoore's defense will have to step up in Friday night's game at Sanger.
Lemoore's defense will have to step up in Friday night's game at Sanger.
Photo by Bill Burris, Lemooresports.com

Lemoore’s varsity football team, burdened by one of the Central Section’s most demanding schedules, will take an 0-3 record into Sanger Friday night for a non-league matchup with the 3-0 Apaches.

Game time is scheduled for 7:30 pm.

The Tigers have been struggling this year, having been outscored 114-55, losses coming at the expense of Paso Robles (35-10), Memorial (23-15) and the latest, a 56-30 loss to powerful Buchanan High School Friday night in Clovis.

Sanger is on a roll in the pre-season, opening with a 28-21 victory over Fresno High, a convincing 31-14 win over Hanford, and Friday night’s 55-13 clobbering of Clovis East.

On Friday the Bears scored 35 first-half points in the first half to outdistance the Tigers, but poured it on in the second half to keep Lemoore at bay.