BELL BUCKLE — Every game the Cascade Champions (10-0) set out to hold the opposition to 55 points and they did just that and then some against the Lincoln County Falcons (2-8) on Friday night as they cruised to a 80-43 victory.
“This was a really good team win,” Champions head coach Chris Lawson said. “We held them to 43 tonight and that’s a huge deal for us. We take a lot of pride in hitting our goal of holding teams to under 55 points.”
“No matter what we score, we feel like doing that gives us a good chance to win any night.”
Champion seniors Jackson Davis and Thomas Gentry combined for 45 points on the night to outscore the Falcons by two points by themselves.
Davis got off to a hot start with six first quarter points, and followed it up with 14 more in the second for a 20 point first half.
His efforts jolted a 15-0 run in Cascade’s favor midway through the second quarter that extended their lead to double-digits.
Four more Champions scored in the frame to round out a 28 point production to head into halftime with a 42-19 lead.
Coming out of the break, the Champions continued to dominate on both ends of the floor, but it was Gentry who led the offensive attack with 15 of his 21 points coming in the third quarter.
Having multiple guys attack offensively and score is important for Lawson and Cascade’s success.
“It makes us hard to guard,” Lawson said. “If you get multiple guys scoring like that, it’s hard to focus on just one player in our offense. It makes us very versatile, and that’s a huge deal.”
After another huge quarter where they totaled 25 points, the Champions went into the final frame with a 67-33 advantage.
Senior Lucas Clanton opened the fourth quarter on a mission as he knocked down back-to-back threes to extend their lead to 40 points.
Until that point, Clanton had only scored the three points he needed to surpass the career mark of 1000 points as he was forced to sit idly in foul trouble for most of the contest.
He finished with 11 points to join Davis and Gentry in double-digits.
As the clock continued to run due to Cascade’s large lead, Lawson went to his bench and pulled his starters for the final minutes of the game.
Lawson credited his team for carrying out their game plan and limiting the Falcons opportunities.
“Our guys did a great job of executing our game plan,” he said. “Lincoln County did a good job of running their offense, but from a scouting standpoint our guys were prepared so credit to them for executing it.”
Cascade doesn’t have much time to rest as they will be playing in the Riverdale Christmas Classic that takes place December 19-21.

Cascade 14 28 25 13 — 80
Lincoln 10 9 14 10 — 43

Cascade: Jackson Davis 24, Thomas Gentry 21, Lucas Clanton 11, Saebyn Burris 7, Jayden Gulick 6, Isaac McElroy 6, Eli Elliot 2, Henry Stone 2, Sawyer Lovvorn 1.
Lincoln: Eli Ogle 17, Jack Massey 6, Jackson Mullins 4, Kyle Kelley 4, Reese Smith 4, Maddox Franklin 3, Logan Carter 2, Carson Thompson 2, Hayden Swinford 1.
3-point goals: Cascade (8): Gentry 3, Clanton 2, Gulick 2, Davis. Lincoln (4): Ogle 2, Franklin, Massey.
Halftime score: Cascade 42, Lincoln 19.