PESHASTIN – Mount Baker took care of business in typical fashion by defeating Cascade of Leavenworth 24-2 on Friday night at the Peshastin-Dryden Sports Complex.
Junior Quarterback Mason Jacoby’s accurate arm was on display early, as he connected on eight passes in a row in the first half, including a 63-yard touchdown pass to Ayden Rodriguez in the second quarter. In fact, by halftime, the Mountaineers had more passing yards than rushing yards.
Junior running back Toby Jefferson scored the first touchdown of the game from a yard out when he followed a pair of down-blocks by left tackle Victor Scheuner and left guard Davin Beason. Jefferson finished with a game-high 84 yards rushing on 13 carries.
Senior Jason Lee scored a touchdown in the third quarter, which made the score 21-0, on a 10-yard run. He finished with 81 yards on 18 carries.
The Mountie defense was all over the field with the front seven stopping Cascade for negative yardage on 10 plays, and the back end picking off three passes. Rodriguez picked off his second pass of the season, while Lee intercepted his first of the season, but the sixth of his career. Beason also intercepted a pass, and the sophomore linebacker reverted to his old running back days and rumbled for 44 yards.
Junior kicker Miguel Zavala almost hit on a 40-yard field goal, but the ball hit the cross bar. He got another opportunity late in the game and connected on a 21-yarder.
Another nice moment for Mount Baker was in the fourth quarter when Cascade ran the ball off of right tackle, but it was quickly turned into a Kodiak sandwich with Beason bread when Davin and his brother Cade crashed on the ball carrier to make the tackle together.
The Mountaineers (3-0) will begin Northwest Conference play when they travel to Lynden Christian (2-0) on Friday.
Mount Baker 24
Cascade 2
MB 7 7 7 3 – 24
CAS 0 0 2 0 – 2
MB – Jefferson 1 run (Zavala kick)
MB – Rodriguez 63 pass from Jacoby (Zavala kick)
MB – Lee 10 run (Zavala kick)
CAS – Safety, Lee tackled in end zone
MB – Zavala 21 FG
MB CAS
45-237 Rushing Att-Yards 28-92
10-14-1 Comp-Att-Int 4-15-3
152 Passing yards 86
Individual Leaders
RUSHING – MB: Jefferson 13-84, Lee 18-81, Rodriguez 3-36, Sande 5-18, Tikhonov 4-15, Jacoby 2-3. CAS: N/A.
PASSING – MB: Jacoby 10-14-1-152. CAS: N/A.
RECEIVING – MB: Rodriguez 3-86, Lee 2-21, Smith 2-20, Kentner 2-10, Tikhonov 1-15. CAS: N/A.
Very proud of those Baker boys, they really work well together as a team.