Carlson throws six TDs as No. 2 Cashmere blanks Naches Valley 63-0

NACHES — The Cashmere Bulldogs scored 35 points in the first quarter and shut out Naches Valley 63-0 in a 1A South Central League football game Friday night, Oct. 16. It was Cashmere's second straight shutout.

Sophomore running back Jayce McMahon broke a 42-yard touchdown run on Cashmere's opening possession for a 7-0 lead seconds into the game.

Junior quarterback Mac Carlson then threw first-quarter touchdown passes of 2 and 24 yards to junior Ethan Bessonette, 12 yards to senior tight end David Odenrider and 8 yards to Kaiden Ruiz. Cashmere led 35-0 after one quarter.

Carlson added a 15-yard scoring pass to Jack Baker and a 4-yarder to sophomore Jacoby Tait in the second quarter, and the Bulldogs led 49-0 at halftime.

Sophomore Connor Diaz scored on a 13-yard run in the third quarter, and sophomore Alejandro Mora-Ochoa capped the scoring with a 1-yard run in the fourth.

Carlson completed 9 of 10 passes for 90 yards and six touchdowns, with one interception. Freshman Remy Martin took over at quarterback in the second half and completed both of his passes for 13 yards.

Bessonette caught two passes for 26 yards and two touchdowns and also had an interception on defense. Baker had two catches for 22 yards, Jackson Binger two for 18 and Mora-Ochoa two for 13. Junior kicker Edgar Reyna made all nine extra-point attempts and is perfect on PATs this season, according to the school.

The Cashmere defense held Naches Valley to minus-48 yards of total offense. The Rangers ran 31 times for minus-48 yards and completed none of two passes, with one interception. Tait led the Bulldogs with six tackles, three for loss, and 25 different players recorded a defensive statistic, a season high, according to a Cashmere athletics release.

Cashmere, ranked No. 2 in the state, improved to 6-1 overall and 5-1 in league. Naches Valley fell to 1-6.

The Bulldogs host Wahluke on Friday, Oct. 23, and will honor their senior players before kickoff.