Senior quarterback Major Cantrell threw for six touchdowns in Washington’s 51-0 victory over Community Christian last Friday night but his performance may have been overshadowed by the defense.

Washington’s first team defense yielded one first down and 12 total yards.

With reserves playing mop up duty for almost the entire second half, CCS could only muster two first downs as a team for the night.

“Our defense played unbelievably well the entire game,” head coach Brad Beller said.

The Warriors limited CCS to 61 total yards for the game.

Beller, who swept the bench in the blow-out victory, began rotating players in the third period.

His stingy defenders picked off three CCS passes and recovered two fumbles.

Mayson Thomas was on top of the two fumble recoveries while Case Alexander, Dawson Thomas and Tatum Wilk all had pass interceptions.

“It was our best performance of the year because we were so disciplined and very physical with what we were doing,” the coach said.

“Case Taylor had his best game of the year,” Beller said of his senior linebacker who had six tackles including one for a loss and a quarterback sack.

Case Alexander led the team in tackles with seven while Naithen Spaulding registered four stops and sacked the quarterback twice.

“One group that doesn’t get a lot of pub unless they get burned in the secondary but they did a great job with Tatum Wilk and Dawson Thomas both getting interceptions,” Beller said.

But the coach was quick to point out part of the errant throws was due to the pressure on the quarterback from Spaulding at defensive end and defensive tackle Kane Lampkin.

“We had a ton of hurries and forced him out of the pocket several times,” Beller said.

On his offense, Beller acknowledged Cantrell had a great night throwing the football hitting six different receivers with five guys catching touchdown passes.

Cantrell hooked up twice for scores with Cooper Alexander, one for nine yards in the first quarter and one for 10 yards in the third period.

Cantrell found Cage Morris open for a 48-yard play, hit Hudson Howard on a 46-yard scoring play, hit Nate Roberts for a 64-yard touchdown and hit Max Wilson for a 20-yard score.

When the dust settled, Cantrell was 14-21.

“Major was in full control,” Beller said. “And, it was good to see Cage Morris finally get into the end zone. He’d been stopped just short a couple of times.”

Roberts led the receiver corps with five receptions for 103 yards while Wilson had three catches for 40 yards.

Howard, who saw limited duty due to a nagging injury, led the team in rushing with 11 carries for 62 yards and a one yard touchdown in the third period.

Up next is winless Crooked Oak. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. Friday night in Oklahoma City.

“We are going to prepare like any other week and work on technique,” Beller said. “In the game we will mix and match and try to get everyone as many reps as we possibly can.”

Warrior notes:

Head coach Brad Beller nominated Major Cantrell for Offensive Player of the Week. He was 14-21 passing for 272 yards and six touchdowns.

Easton Berglan was nominated as the Offensive Lineman of the Week for grading out at 95 percent against CCS.

Beller nominated Case Taylor as the Defensive Player of the Week for his six tackle performance last Friday night.

The Defensive Lineman of the Week nominee was Naithen Spaulding. Spaulding had four tackles with three for losses and registered a quarterback sack.