LYNCHBURG, Tenn. – In their first game in 12 days, the Cascade Champions returned from the Thanksgiving break with a dominant blowout win at Moore County (0-3), 67-40, on Tuesday night.

Kaleb Kelso led the way for Cascade with a season-high 26 points on an efficient 10/17 from the field, Cooper McElroy scored a career-high 17 points, and Henry Stone chipped in with 10 points of his own in the win.

Meanwhile, Moore County’s Anderson Sharpe was the only Raider to score in double-figures with 11 points on the night.

Cascade dominated the game on the defensive end, forcing a whopping 34 turnovers by the Raiders, allowing the visitors to get out and run to the tune of a 20-0 advantage in transition points and 31-9 in points off turnovers. Despite connecting on just five threes – with Kelso accounting for three of them – the Champs doubled up Moore County in the paint as well, outscoring the hosts 40-20 inside.

Cooper McElroy (14) fires from downtown. McElroy finished with 17 points and four rebounds in the win at Moore County.

David Smith

Early on, the Raiders were able to somewhat keep things close with Cascade taking a 13-6 lead at the end of the opening period of play. In the second quarter, the visitors extended their lead, outscoring Moore County, 18-13, to take a 31-19 lead into the halftime locker room.

However, the dam began to crack in the third quarter with Cascade growing its lead to 19 points, 47-28, at the start of the final frame before completely falling apart when the Champs closed with a 20-12 fourth quarter. 

Cascade hits the road yet again on Friday night, traveling to Fayetteville to take on the Tigers LIVE on The Zinger 100.9 and AM 1400 starting at 5:45 p.m.