MOUNTAIN VIEW — Among the postgame handshakes, greetings, and hugs among St. Francis players, coaches, parents, and friends on Brother Fisher Field following the Lancers’ 35-7 season-opening loss to San Diego’s Cathedral Catholic on Friday night, were acknowledgements and mutterings of, “That was a good team.”

In the counter to that, at least in the words of coach Greg Calcagno, was that “We’ve got to get better.”

St. Francis, ranked No. 4 in the Bay Area News Group Top 25, played host to a Cathedral Catholic team (2-0) ranked No. 2 in the San Diego Section by the San Diego Union-Tribune. But the visiting Dons, with plenty of speed and future Cal quarterback Brady Palmer, showed big-play capability while scoring the first two touchdowns and building a 28-7 halftime lead.

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