KINGSTON — The Cavaliers have been fighting upstream in terms of their football season this year. With no wins and four losses, the team heads into the final stretch of the season looking for positive blocks to build upon.

Most recently when the Cavs hosted the Cedar Heights Raindevils, such blocks were tough to find in a 40-6 loss, coach Scott McKay said.

“We had a couple of chances in the second and third quarters before going down 18-0,” he said, noting that the team scored its first six late in the third quarter. “But the wheels fell off in the fourth.”

In the final frame, Cedar Heights sprinted to three touchdowns, expanding the score to its final lopsided tally.

“It’s now most important to keep spirits up and work on perseverance,” McKay said.

Though in their last two games, Kingston has succumbed to large deficits, its first two contests of the year against Sedgwick and Fairview were a different story.

In each contest, the opponent scored first to take the lead, but Kingston answered right back.

In the first game of the year against Sedgwick, the Generals had scored to take an 8-0 lead before Kingston’s Tyler Middaugh busted out a 52-yard rush for the Cavs first touchdown. Sedgwick scored again, and KJH’s Alex Smith answered with an 86-yard kickoff return.

But the battle fizzled as Sedgwick scored twice more in the second quarter and held Kingston to a scoreless second half for the 30-14 win.

“Highlights of the first four games have to be the offensive big plays of (running backs) Alex Smith and Tyler Middaugh,” McKay said, adding that, “Quarterback Daniel Orr — converted from running back — is getting better every week and adds a great deal to the attack.”

As a seventh grader, Smith started the season at quarterback for the Cavs, but Orr was converted to quarterback to allow the Cavs a more versatile offense.

Kingston is continuing to harness its diversity as it heads into the final stretch of the season. Next up the Cavs will be at No. 1 Ridgetop at 3:30 p.m. Thursday.

The squad should have no problem securing excitement as two of their last three games are rivalries as they host Central Kitsap Nov. 2 and travel to Viking Stadium to face Poulsbo at 6 p.m. Nov. 9.

“We will keep looking for ways to put our kids in better positions so that they can be successful,” McKay said. “It’s nice to have the game with PJH at the end of the season since neither team should have any trouble getting up for that game.”