Cascade football team wins fifth game in a row, improves to 5-1

Cascade sophomore tailback Teague Duncan ran for 99 yards and a touchdown against Cle Elum last Friday night. (Photo submitted by Mike Gardner)

Cascade freshman quarterback Cole Warnaca makes in the handoff in action last Friday night at Peshastin. (Photo submitted by Mike Gardner)

Posted Thursday, October 12, 2017 10:13 am

Ian Dunn, Editor

The Cascade Kodiak football team earned a dominating victory over Cle Elum on homecoming night last Friday in Peshastin. Cascade won 52-0 over the visiting Warriors.

“We played hard. Cle Elum has had a rough season. It’s still awesome to see the older guys take care of business and make sure we get everyone in the game for the second half. We were able to do that. It was good see our younger guys get some experience,” said Cascade Head Coach Dom Coffin.

Cascade put the game out of reach with a 28 point second quarter. Junior Jose Valdez opened the scoring in the first quarter with a 2-yard touchdown run. Quarterback Jose Mendoza passed 50 yards to Valdez for the next score.

In the second quarter, Mendoza ran 9 yards for the score, Valdez ran 21 yards for the TD, Mendoza to Valdez 69 yards to for the score and Teague Duncan ran 14 yards for the touchdown.

Cascade led 42-0 at halftime.

“We were able to execute really well on defense. We held them to 21 yards total. They did really well. Offensively, we did really well too. We ended up with over 500 yards of total offense. There are still areas to work on, shoring up some coverages on defense. On offense, making sure some of our blocking gets cleaned up,” Coffin said.

In the third quarter, Valdez had a 27-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, Isaac Cortes ran 11-yards for the score.

Mendoza was 5-for-10 for 213 yards and 2 touchdowns. Duncan had 8 rushes for 99 yards and 1 touchdown. Mendoza had 4 rushes for 63 yards and 1 touchdown. Valdez had 6 rushes for 62 yards and 1 touchdown. He also led the Kodiaks in receiving with 3 catches for 133 yards and 2 touchdowns.

On injury front, sophomore linemen Hunter Reinhart is out for the season with an injury. Tailback Jet Bailey will not return this season either.

Since their opening loss to East Valley, the Kodiaks have won five in a row.

“It’s been good. We haven’t played the best non-league teams, but we’ve executed and done well,” Coffin said.

Next up for Cascade, the Pear Bowl at home against Cashmere. Look for Pear Bowl coverage in our special section this week.

Ian Dunn can be reached at 548-5286 or editor@leavenworthecho.com.