The Cascade Cadets are back at home taking on the Edgewood Mustangs for Indianapolis Colts Friday Night Football Tour and Cascade Youth Night. Tailgating begins at 5:30 PM with the Cascade Youth Football Teams scrimmaging at halftime. GAME DETAILS 4A Edgewood Mustangs (0-2, 0-0) vs 2A Cascade Cadets (1-1, 1-1) Time: 7:00 PM, Friday September 1st, 2023 Location: Cascade Memorial Sports Complex, Clayton, IN Tickets: https://public.eventlink.com/tickets?t=40416 Video Link: https://www.ihsaatv.org/cascadecadets/ SETTING THE SCENE Friday Night Cascade will be back at home against Edgewood Mustangs for a clash of 4A vs 2A. The weather looks to be just right for some Friday Night Lights. Cadets will wear their all black uniforms. Cascade comes into the game 1-1 coming off a 35-13 defeat of Beech Grove on the road. Edgewood comes into week three at 1-1, defeating Mitchell 41-27, but fell to Washington 28-0 last week. Both teams rely heavily on the ground game. Edgewood leads the series 26-13. Cascade last beat Edgewood in 2016 41-13. This is the first meeting between the two teams since 2018. CADET NOTES Cascade offense is coming off a 408 yard output with 365 coming on the ground attack. Offensively, Cascade will have to clean up pre-snap penalties and turnovers to be successful Friday Night. Three Cadet running backs rushed for 50+ yards in the game vs Beech Grove with SO Toby Savini having career high rushing day with 144 yards and career high in touchdowns with 3. Defensively, the Cadets are coming off their best output over the season forcing three takeaways (1 fumble/2 Interceptions) and holding the Hornets to 13 total points. SO Brady Trebley gets the nod under center for the Cadets. Trebley completes 60% of his passes for 103 yards through two weeks on just ten attempts averaging 17.0 yards per completion. He looks to settle in and continue to be the leader of the no-huddle wing-t attack for the second straight year. FR Rhyder Williams will serve as the back-up quarterback for the Cadets. Rhyder continues to show consistent improvement at the JV completing 5-6 passes for 123 yards and 1 touchdown. Multiple running backs will look to carry the rock in SR Damien Appleby, SO Toby Savini, SO Dayton Mink and JR Tyler Hege. SR Damien Appleby and SO Toby Savini added to their touchdown totals on the year both finding the end zone on the ground. The backfield is averaging 302 yards per game with 6 touchdowns and 6.8 yards per rush. JR Daemen Mason and SO JT Roshong will look to add in their hands to the pass attack this year. Mason was able to haul in one catch for 12 yards vs Triton Central and Roshong hauled in one catch for 26 yards vs Beech Grove in week 2. SR Brayden Cartmel and FR Trent Austin will look to be both physical blockers and pass catchers at the tight end position. Both played a vital role in the success of the rush attack. Brayden Cartmel was able to haul in 2 catches for 27 yards week one. JR Duncan White, JR Josiah Murrain, JR Owen Hargis, SR Jacob Potts and JR Bryce Hofing will all look to anchor the front 5 in the heavy ground attack offense. Last week, the front line was able to pave the way with 365 yards on the ground with the running backs averaging 6.8 yards per rush. This group has led the way to a total of 706 yards of offense through the first two games, 188 more yards than through the first two games in 2022. QB: Trebley - Wing: Savini - Wing: Appleby - Fullback: Mink - Wide Receiver: Mason - Tight End: Austin - Left Tackle: Potts - Left Guard: Hargis - Center: D. White - Right Guard: Hofing - Right Tackle: Murrain JR Duncan White, JR Josiah Murrain, FR Wyatt Minardo and FR Dillon Setty will look to slow down the Mustang rush attack this week. Josiah Murrain leads the defensive line up front with 5 tackles, .5 TFL and two quarterback hurries. Look for JR Owen Hargis, JR Bryce Hofing, SO Brandon White to back-up the front 4 for the Cadets. They will need to plug holes and use their speed against an offensive line that averages 260+ lbs across the board. SR Brayden Cartmel, SR Jacob Potts, SR Damien Appleby, FR Lucas Farmer will look to anchor the 2nd level defense. SR Jacob Potts leads the team in tackles with 16 and SR Brayden Cartmel is right behind him with a close 15. SR Damien Appleby had a standout game on defense finishing with 6 tackles, 1 TFL, 1 interception and 1 fumble recovery. They will look to fill lanes fast and slow down the Edgewood downhill run attack. After giving up 397 yards through the air attack in week one JR Daemen Mason, SO JT Roshong, SO Marcus Hobson and SO Toby Savini bounced back in the secondary forcing two interceptions and locked down the pass game giving up 103 yards through the air. SO Toby Savini came up with his first interception of the season last week late in the fourth quarter as Beech Grove was threatening to score. Cadet defense is giving up 360 yards per game, 247.5 through the air and 112.5 through the ground. End: Murrain - Nose: Setty - Tackle: Minardo - End: D. White - Sam: Appleby - Mike: Potts - Will: Cartmel - Rover: Farmer - Cornerback: Mason - Safety: Savini - Cornerback: Hobson SR Chase Schnarr handles the kicking game for the Cadets. Schnarr is 6-7 with extra points and 0-1 on field goals for the year. SR Chase Durbin completes all long snapping for Cascade and is a four year starter. SO Royce Bright handles the holding duties. These three combined were a machine last week hitting 5-5 on PATs. SCOUTING THE MUSTANGS Edgewood is led by Scott Fischer who is in his 1st year at the helm and currently holds a 1-1 record. The Mustangs will look to bounce back after their week two loss to Washington Hatchets 28-0. Edgewood beat 2A Mitchell in week one 41-17. Edgewood relies heavily on the ground attack with JR Gabe Drew rushing for 272 yards. The Mustang offense is averaging 20.5 points per game and defense 22.5 points per game. LOOKING AHEAD The Cadets will be back at home next facing the Cloverdale Clovers for the 2023 Homecoming. This will be the last home game before the Cadets embark on three weeks of traveling to Lutheran, North Putnam, and Owen Valley. VARSITY COACHING STAFF Connor Simmons (head coach/offensive coordinator) Troy Edwards (defensive coordinator) Matt Minardo (quarterbacks) Alan Trump (wide receivers/defensive backs) Tony Appleby (offensive/defensive line) Scott Fisher (wide receivers/defensive backs) Chris Appleby (offensive/defensive line, JV offensive coordinator) JR Dugan (JV head coach) Don Rushton (JV defensive coordinator/inside linebackers) Tim Horning (special teams coordinator/running backs) Connor Horning (running backs/offensive spotter) Steve Phillips (offensive assistant) Bryson Phillips (offensive spotter) Chuck Bartee (defensive assistant) STUDENT MANAGERS Peyton Kelly, Kylee Clark, Kyler Schmalz, Mara Starika, Payton Mundt, Cameron Rance (Filmer), Aaron Smith (Filmer) MEDICAL STAFF Amanda Miles ADMINISTRATION Jim Diagostino (Superintendent) Stacey Monnett (Assistant Superintendent) Brandt Donovan (Principal) Lori White (Assistant Principal) Scott Stevens (Athletic Director) CASCADE SPORTS Follow CHS Athletics on Facebook (Cascade High School Athletics), Twitter (@Cadethletics), online (cascadecadets.com) and our CHS Football Facebook (Cascade High School Football) for more information on our sports and football program.