MYRTLE CREEK — Caleb Scaglione powered the Cascade Christian football team early with three touchdowns and the Challengers never looked back Friday night against South Umpqua to win their 22nd consecutive game, 41-12, in the final week of Far West League play.

Scaglione had a 5-yard rushing touchdown along with a pair of TD receptions (23 and 17 yards). The sophomore running back recorded 67 rushing yards on 18 carries plus 38 receiving yards on three catches.

“He’s just a smart kid,” said Cascade Christian coach Jon Gettman. “He knows the routes and where to go and what he is put in to do.”

The Challengers (9-0 FWL) got a boost in the air with quarterback Ashton Moody and his five TD passes, totaling 339 yards on 24-for-38 passing. The senior battled through a calf bruise that has hampered his play over the past few weeks.

Receiver Luke Wilson hauled in 23- and a 9-yard touchdown receptions in the fourth quarter to secure the victory. Wilson had five catches for 52 yards.

Cascade Christian was uncharacteristically out of sync in the first quarter, with four penalties for 45 yards on its first drive cutting into the Challengers’ rhythm.

“(South) Umpqua did a great job taking away what we wanted,” Gettman said. “It forced us to take a step back and adjust to what they were doing.”

Being undefeated for two years in FWL play isn’t as important to the Challengers as securing home field advantage in the Class 3A state playoffs.

“The big thing is being a home team in the playoffs,” said Gettman, whose team closed Friday with a No. 2 state power ranking. “We will obviously find out who we are facing soon, but the biggest thing is not going on the road to start.”

Cascade Christian 6 8 14 13 — 41

South Umpqua 0 6 0 6 — 12

CC — Scaglione 5 run (kick failed)

CC — Scaglione 23 pass from Moody (Moody run)

SU — Logan 83 run (kick failed)

CC — Scaglione 17 pass from Moody (Wilson pass)

CC — Fralich 31 pass from Moody (run failed)

CC — Wilson 23 pass from Moody (kick failed)

SU — Logan 3 run (pass failed)

CC — Wilson 9 pass from Moody (Hoffman kick)

ROSEBURG 7, GRANTS PASS 3: At Grants Pass, four turnovers and 101 penalty yards held Grants Pass back in the South/Central Football Conference loss at Mel Ingram Field.

Tyler McIntosh gave the Cavemen (2-7, 1-6 SCFC) a 3-0 lead in the first quarter on a 39-yard field goal, but that was all the scoring GP could muster in the season-ender.

Running back Gage Blay paced the Cavemen with 127 rushing yards on 16 carries, while Connor Johnston hauled in three receptions for 25 yards after freshman QB Jordan Rossetta was held to 44 yards on 6-for-17 passing.

Roseburg (2-7, 1-6) slowed down freshman quarterback Jordan Rossetta to only 44 passing yards on six of 17 throws.

The Cavemen held a 182-178 edge in total yards over Roseburg (2-7, 1-6), which gained the advantage on a 15-yard TD pass from Owen Bentea to Kadin Austin in the second quarter.

The Cavemen earned the final playoff bid for the Columbia Cup and will play at Liberty on Friday.

Grants Pass 3 0 0 0

Roseburg 0 7 0 0

G — FG McIntosh 39

R — Austin 15 pass from Bentea (Michael kick)

SPRINGFIELD 42, EAGLE POINT 14: At Springfield, Eagle Point senior Bryton Livingston’s two rushing touchdowns were not enough to keep pace in the Midwestern League match for second place.

Livingston ran for a pair of 2-yard TDs but was contained to 38 passing yards in a 5-for-14 outing. Kaden Huff had all but 2 yards in those passes from Livingston on four catches.

The Eagles (5-4, 5-2 MWL) were limited to only 97 yards of total offense, with Hugo Perezchica carrying the ball 10 times for 74 yards.

As the No. 14 seed in the 5A power rankings, Eagle Point will travel to Bend to take on No. 3 Mountain View next Friday to open the state playoffs.

The Millers (8-1, 6-1) were led by running back Connor Dye and quarterback Zack Sherman, who both ran for three TDs. Dye totaled 338 yards on 37 attempts. Sherman also had a 26-yard touchdown pass.

Springfield 0 21 7 14 — 42

Eagle Point 7 0 7 0 — 14

E — Livingston 2 run (Cordle kick)

S — Sherman 1 run (Sherman kick)

S — Dye 96 run (Sherman kick)

S — Babbitt 26 pass from Sherman (Sherman kick)

S — Dye 5 run (Sherman kick)

E — Livingston 2 run (Cordle kick)

S — Sherman 2 run (Sherman kick)

S — Dye 78 run (Sherman kick)

CRATER 35, SOUTH EUGENE 26: At Eugene, Crater running back Valentin Rodriguez and his five rushing touchdowns helped snag a 5A state playoff berth for the Comets after the Midwestern League win.

Rodriguez carried the ball 41 times for 345 yards to spearhead the attack for the Comets (4-5, 4-3 MWL), who have won four of their last five games.

Crater will open the playoffs as the 16th seed against top-seeded Wilsonville next Friday.

Crater 0 14 7 14 — 35

South Eugene 6 0 6 14 — 26

SE — Shields 2 run (run failed)

C — Rodriguez 3 run (Grant kick)

C — Rodriguez 3 run (Grant kick)

C — Rodriguez 6 run (Grant kick)

SE — Schmidt 8 pass from Lea (pass failed)

C — Rodriguez 10 run (Grant kick)

SE — Schmidt 4 run (pass failed)

C — Rodriguez 15 run (Grant kick)

SE — Schmidt 3 run (Lea run)

ASHLAND 41, KLAMATH UNION 0: At Klamath Falls, Caden Negra returned the opening kickoff 75 yards for a score and Gavin White ran 13 times for 155 yards and three touchdowns to secure a third straight win by Ashland.

The Grizzlies (6-3, 3-3 Big Sky) finished fourth in the conference but secured the lone at-large bid to the Class 4A state playoffs with the runaway win. They will play at No. 4 Scappoose on Friday.

Ashland 6 15 14 6 — 41

Klamath Union 0 0 0 0 — 0

A — Negra 75 kickoff return (kick failed)

A — White 17 run (Gardner run)

A — White 82 run (Marple kick)

A — Negra 9 run (kick failed)

A — White 44 run (Gardner run)

A — Ortega 56 run (kick failed)

COQUILLE 42, ST. MARY’S 16: Joel Kiene had two long touchdown passes for St. Mary’s but it wasn’t enough in the season finale at Wheeler Field.

Kiene launched an 74-yard pass to Bradley Patten and found Indiana Olson, who broke a tackle for an 79-yard score for the Crusaders (4-5 FWL). The freshman QB completed 15 of 32 passes for a career-best 303 yards.

Senior running back Bo Messerle used his legs to find the end zone three times for Coquille (5-4), and Cameron Houston had two rushing scores of his own.

Coquille 14 14 8 6 — 42

St. Mary’s 3 7 0 6 0 — 16

C — Messerle 18 run (Messerle run)

C — Houston 3 run (pass failed)

SM — FG Jones 32

C — Messerle 31 run (run failed)

C — Leep 5 pass from Martinez (Messerle run)

SM — Patten 74 pass from Kiene (Jones kick)

C — Houston 10 run (Messerle run)

C — Messerle 11 run (run failed)

SM — Olson 79 pass from Kiene (two-point conversion failed)

NORTH VALLEY 48, PHOENIX 7: At Phoenix, freshman quarterback Erik Calhoun finished the game with a 19-yard touchdown pass to Alberto Gonzalez but Phoenix was unable to slow North Valley and quarterback Roy McGregor in the FWL loss.

Bryson Teal returned the opening kickoff 95 yards for a score for the Knights (7-2), who saw McGregor pass for four touchdowns.

The loss was the 33rd straight for the Pirates (0-9) dating back to 2019.

North Valley 20 21 0 7 — 48

Phoenix 0 0 0 7 — 7

NV — Teal 95 kickoff return (kick failed)

NV — Taylor 12 run (Smith kick)

NV — Teal 11 pass from McGregor (Smith kick)

NV — Teal 42 pass from McGregor (Smith kick)

NV — Freedman 48 pass from McGregor (Smith kick)

NV — Smith 14 pass from McGregor (Smith kick)

NV — Freedman 53 run (Smith kick)

P — Gonzalez 19 pass from Calhoun (Shilts kick)