EasternWA notebook: New Cashmere quarterback ready for Royal challenge

First-year starting quarterback Mac Carlson is used to big games in other sports, notably baseball and basketball

Junior Mac Carlson threw for 237 yards and five touchdowns in his varsity starting debut for Cashmere last weekend against College Place. (Gio Camarena / Courtesy)

Right now, there is no better small school football rivalry going on in Washington than in the Class 1A ranks.

And it rekindles this week: six-time defending state champion Royal versus Cashmere.