La Center keeps it rolling with 48-13 win over Castle Rock

Chromey pointed out Mason Klein, Lincoln Cooley and Max Cooke up front.

“Thanks to this guy,” Chromey said, motioning to Cooley, “we pounded the rock in the first half.”

Cooley added that the key element to a successful run game is no blown assignments.

“You just have to get your kick outs and do everything right,” he said.

It all added up to 336 rushing yards for the Wildcats and five rushing TDs. Quarterback Wyatt Eiesland had TD runs of 10 and 4 yards, also in the first half.

Castle Rock (3-2, 1-2) was its own worst enemy to start the game, turning the ball over three times that led to three La Center touchdowns.

The Rockets fumbled away the ball on their first play of the game and La Center scored two plays later on Eiesland’s 10-yard run, that was set up by a 20-yard rush from Chromey.

The next possession for the Rockets was also brief as Parker McKinney intercepted Castle Rock quarterback Trevor Rogen on the first play, and again, two plays later, Chromey was in the end zone after a 36-yard run to make it 14-0.

Possession No. 3 for the Rockets lasted four plays, but ended in an interception by Chromey, who then scored six plays later for a 21-0 advantage.

La Center increased its lead to 41-0 on a 1-yard pass play from Eiesland to McKinney with 2:12 to play in the half.

Castle Rock was finally able to answer, scoring on a nice 22-yard pass play from Rogen to Owen Langdon. That score with six seconds to play in the half ended La Center’s shutout streak at 13 quarters.

La Center would add one more TD with a 61-yard drive to start the third quarter. Eiesland went 6 for 6 passing on the drive, capped off with a 3-yard TD pass to Houston Coyle.

Now the focus turns on, well, staying focused with games against Fort Vancouver (0-5) and Stevenson (2-3) upcoming.

“We can’t take opponents lightly,” Chromey said. “We need to come out hot and put it to them early.”

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LA CENTER 48, CASTLE ROCK 13

Castle Rock 0 7 0 6—13

La Center 21 20 7 0—48

First quarter

LC — Wyatt Eiesland 10 run (Nate Rembisz kick)

LC — Isaac Chromey 36 run (Rembisz kick)

LC — Chromey 46 run (Rembisz kick)

Second quarter

LC — Eiesland 4 run (Rembisz kick)

LC — Chromey 12 run (pass failed)

LC — Parker McKinney 1 pass from Eiesland (Rembisz kick)

CR — Owen Langdon 22 pass from Trevor Rogen (Rocco Lauchen kick)

Third quarter

LC — Houston Coyle 3 pass from Eiesland (Rembisz kick)

Fourth quarter

CR — Langdon 19 pass from Rogen (pass failed)

Individual statistics

RUSHING — Castle Rock: Jacob Lafever 6-17, Langdon 2-26, Rogen 3-18, Wyatt Orth 1-4. La Center: Chromey 14-228, Gaven Emerson 7-48, Eiesland 6-37, Rembisz 4-20, Brady Brandenburg 1-3.

PASSING — Castle Rock: Rogen 15-27-2-162; La Center: Eiesland 9-15-0-69.

RECEIVING — Castle Rock: Langdon 5-57, Thatcher Heller 3-26, Lafever 3-15, Landon Fulton 2-50, Aiden Mead 1-10, Orth 1-4. La Center: Landen Randall 3-26, Coyle 3-13, McKinney 2-27, Kaden Emerson 2-3.