SALEM – The more consecutive state High School Football Championships Riverheads wins, un-provable claims are sure to emerge the Gladiators are unstoppable.

For one game, Riverheads provided ample and verifiable proof.

Led by the five touchdown performance of running back Cayden Cook-Cash, the mighty Gladiators stampeded for 435 rushing yards, scored on six of seven possessions, and overpowered game but outmanned George Wythe 49-27 for their seventh straight Class 1 State Championship - a VHSL record - Saturday at Salem Stadium.

If there was an unstoppable team – and Riverheads (12-1) and its 10-game winning streak was that – Cook-Cash, a powerful and fast 6-foot-3, 215-pound junior, was the not-to-be-denied player.

He hammered his way to 274 yards on a mere 16 carries and did not score a touchdown of fewer than 32 yards. The last two scores that put the game out of reach in the fourth quarter covered 85 and 45 yards.