Legends of the cup have graced Valley football since 1945
Published 9:19 pm Thursday, October 2, 2008
Over the 50-plus years that Mount Si and Tolt, (now Cedarcrest) have squared off for the Snoqualmie Valley Championship, some great gridiron players have rallied their prospective teams to victory:
1945 – Fullback Bill Venn ran for an extra point and threw his “special” pass to a streaking Clarence Alm in the end zone as the Scarlet and Gray won the first match-up of the two football teams. Mount Si 13, Tolt 0.
1946 – Backfielder Dick Mayrand lobbed a 17-yard touchdown pass to Bill Poch and a 5-yard TD strike to reserve end John Lund. Mount Si 21, Tolt 0.
1949 – Pete Lenes scored on a 65-yard touchdown pass and later rushed four yards for his second score of the game. Mount Si 44, Tolt 0.
1950 – Fullback Paul Holm, a second-stringer filling in for John Bluher (who broke his leg in a game against Bellevue), ran for two touchdowns. Mount Si 32, Tolt 6.
1951 – Don Trombley scored three touchdowns and ran for a conversion to lead the Wildcats” rout of their Valley rivals. Mount Si 49, Tolt 0.
1952 – Waldo Hawk had a 23-yard touchdown run and a 25-yard dash into the end zone for Mount Si. Mount Si 34, Tolt 6.
1973 – Steve Cuthbert returned a kickoff 65 yards for a touchdown against the Demons. Mount Si 27, Tolt 8.
1974 – Running back Mike Neal rushed for a touchdown and the two-point conversion to give the Scartlet and Gray a 6-0 lead. Mount Si 20, Tolt 0.
1975 – Running back Bob Forslin had two touchdowns and broke an 18-all tie with a successful two-point conversion run. Mount Si 20, Tolt 18.
1976 – Bob Wilson fell on a fumble to tie the game at 6 – 6 against Tolt. He nailed the extra-point kick to put Mount Si ahead for good. Wilson finished with two touchdowns in the contest. Mount Si 38 – Tolt 19.
1977 – Quarterback Bob Treado went 6-for-13 passing and logged 110 yards of air offense and two touchdowns. The game’s final score came when Greg Hart (current athletic director at Mount Si) hauled in a pass from his younger brother, Scott, a freshman quarterback, for the “Cats. Mount Si 52 – Tolt 8.
1997 – Cedarcrest quarterback Brent Robertson went 10-for-21 passing and racked up 149 yards in the air – and three touchdowns – as the Lower Valley high school finally conquered their upriver colleagues. Cedarcrest 31 – Mount Si 19.
1998 – Mount Si quarterback Chris Riley threw for two touchdowns and notched one himself on the keeper as the Wildcats reclaimed the Championship trophy 28-0. The Wildcats would continue their winning streak, eventually taking the KingCo Championship and heading to the playoffs.
1999 – Cedarcrest senior Eric Dick ran for 120 yards on 20 carries to lead the offense on a night of pounding rain. The Red Wolves 16-7 upset win over the Wildcats kept both teams at a record of two wins and seven losses.
2000 – Two words summarize the game played on the Tolt field – Smash Mouth. Both teams put on an impressive defensive performance. But in the end, a punt return by Tommy Harding would be all the Red Wolves would need to knock off Mount Si. Mount Si 0 – Cedarcrest 7.
