Walker runs for 132 yards, two TDs to power No. 2 Challengers over No. 4 Vale in marquee 3A matchup<\/p>\n
A year ago, Cascade Christian\u2019s revamped football lineup wasn\u2019t up to speed or experienced enough to contend with a Vale group that ultimately finished runner-up at the Class 3A level.<\/p>\n
On Saturday, the Challengers showed the poise of a team that was a little more battle-tested and ready to contend at the highest level in the season opener for both teams in Bend.<\/p>\n
Cascade Christian built a 15-0 lead in the second quarter over Vale and never relinquished its grip in a battle of the Nos. 2 and 4 teams in the 3A preseason coaches poll to earn a 29-13 victory.<\/p>\n
The Challengers (1-0) limited the Vikings to 195 yards of total offense and got a tremendous effort from junior Bryson Walker, who rushed 16 times for 132 yards and two touchdowns.<\/p>\n
Walker\u2019s 8-yard TD run and another 8-yard rushing TD from Caleb Scaglione allowed Cascade Christian to open a 15-0 lead.<\/p>\n
Vale was able to trim its deficit to 15-7 with the first of two TD passes from Cal Johnson to Troy Dayton before halftime, but Walker\u2019s 49-yard TD scamper in the third quarter reset the 15-point advantage.<\/p>\n
Vale trailed 22-13 in the fourth quarter with the football in a drive that began at the Cascade 44-yard line, but a fourth-down sack by Alex Fiannaca negated the threat. Fiannaca finished with a team-high 6.5 tackles.<\/p>\n
Five plays later, senior quarterback Deryk Farmer connected with Scaglione for a 27-yard touchdown that all but secured the big win late in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n
Farmer completed 10 of 17 passes for 77 yards and joined Wyatt Hurley with five tackles on defense, while Scaglione made five receptions for 49 yards and had 4.5 tackles.<\/p>\n
Seth Scaglione contributed an interception in the defensive effort.<\/p>\n
Johnson was 17-for-27 passing for 134 yards for Vale.<\/p>\n
The teams combined for 20 penalties for 172 yards.<\/p>\n
Cascade Christian 7 8 7 7 \u2014 29<\/strong><\/p>\n Vale 0 7 0 6 \u2014 13<\/strong><\/p>\n CC \u2014 Walker 8 run (Fiannaca kick)<\/p>\n CC \u2014 C. Scaglione 8 run (C. Scaglione run)<\/p>\n V \u2014 Dayton 3 pass from Johnson (Longoni kick)<\/p>\n CC \u2014 Walker 49 run (Fiannaca kick)<\/p>\n V \u2014 Dayton 10 pass from Johnson (conversion failed)<\/p>\n CC \u2014 C. Scaglione 27 pass from Farmer (Fiannaca kick)<\/p>\n MARSHFIELD 41, CRATER 30:<\/strong> At Central Point, three turnovers hindered Crater\u2019s cause and Marshfield was able to string together a 21-0 run over the span of the second and third quarters to erase a 14-12 deficit in the season opener at Dutch Meyer Field.<\/p>\n Terrius Allen opened the game with an 88-yard kickoff return for a score, and Jose Rodriguez ran in for a 1-yard touchdown after Armando Ayala created a turnover for the Comets (0-1).<\/p>\n Things bogged down from there, however, for Crater, which was unable to finish drives on offense and couldn\u2019t get off the field on defense as Marshfield (1-0) went on its game-changing surge.<\/p>\n Rodriguez ran 19 times for 88 yards and two TDs, while Cohen Sprague went 6-for-10 passing for 87 yards with an unfortunate interception on a ball that went off his receiver\u2019s hands.<\/p>\n Trey Smith came on at quarterback with 2 \u00bd minutes left in the third quarter to provide a spark, taking advantage of broken coverage on his first play for a 30-yard hookup with Julien Grant. Smith capped that drive with an 11-yard scramble for a score, and later completed a 41-yard pass to Allen to set up a 1-yard TD by Rodriguez with 4 \u00bd minutes to play.<\/p>\n Linebacker Brayden Singery led the defensive effort with double-digit tackles.<\/p>\n Marshfield 12 14 8 7 \u2014 41<\/strong><\/p>\n Crater 7 8 8 7 \u2014 30<\/strong><\/p>\n CENTRAL 28, EAGLE POINT 12:<\/strong> At Eagle Point, sophomore Eli Hamann rushed for a career-high 85 yards on 13 carries with a touchdown, but Eagle Point struggled with penalties and a second-quarter lull in the season opener.<\/p>\n Mason DeVry completed 10 of 17 passes for 94 yards and a touchdown connection with Skylar Tribur for the Eagles (0-1), who trailed 7-6 through the first quarter before Central used a 21-0 surge in the second to create separation.<\/p>\n Thomas Wippel carried nine times for 31 yards and came up with an interception, while Landon Myre and Conor Campagna each contributed four tackles and Ethan Metcalf recovered a fumble.<\/p>\n Central 7 21 0 0 \u2014 28<\/strong><\/p>\n Eagle Point 6 0 0 6 \u2014 12<\/strong><\/p>\n PHOENIX 35, MADRAS 9:<\/strong> At Phoenix, junior quarterback Trae Casteel completed 8 of 11 passes for 266 yards and four touchdowns to lead Phoenix to a season-opening home victory.<\/p>\n Casteel also joined Cody Martin for team-high honors in rushing with 33 yards, but it was the big-play ability through the air that confounded Madras.<\/p>\n Landon Hudson turned in touchdown receptions of 32 and 71 yards to finish with four catches for 101 yards for Phoenix (1-0), while Terelle McSwain had a 35-yard TD reception to help account for 85 yards overall and Erik Calhoun had an 88-yard score.<\/p>\n The Pirates limited Madras (0-1) to 138 total yards behind three interceptions from Hudson and five forced turnovers overall. McSwain had nine tackles, while Aaden Reyna and Elias Islas each accounted for seven tackles.<\/p>\n Phoenix 14 0 14 7 \u2014 35<\/strong><\/p>\n Madras 0 0 9 0 \u2014 9<\/strong><\/p>\n P \u2014 Hudson 32 pass from Casteel (Alcantar-Ochoa kick)<\/p>\n P \u2014 Casteel 4 run (Alcantar-Ochoa kick)<\/p>\n M \u2014 Williams 37 interception return (Reynoso kick)<\/p>\n M \u2014 Safety<\/p>\n P \u2014 Hudson 71 pass from Casteel (Alcantar-Ochoa kick)<\/p>\n P \u2014 McSwain 35 pass from Casteel (Alcantar-Ochoa kick)<\/p>\n P \u2014 Calhoun 88 pass from Casteel (Alcantar-Ochoa kick)<\/p>\n Reach sports editor Kris Henry at kris.henry@rv-times.com or 458-488-2035<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Walker runs for 132 yards, two TDs to power No. 2 Challengers over No. 4 Vale in marquee…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":189132,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5131],"tags":[5229,5643,1587,105815,105816,105817,1318,1589,62,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-189131","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-phoenix","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-arizona","10":"tag-az","11":"tag-cascade-christian","12":"tag-crater","13":"tag-eagle-point","14":"tag-football","15":"tag-phoenix","16":"tag-sports","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-united-states-of-america","19":"tag-unitedstates","20":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","21":"tag-us","22":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115122756931887269","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189131\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/189132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}