COEUR d’ALENE — There’s a lot of other talented players in addition to those who usually grab the headlines on this explosive Coeur d’Alene High football team.

One of those players is senior Bubba Duran.

The 5-foot-8, 160-pound wide receiver/defensive back caught two touchdown passes and had two interceptions — one in which he returned for a score — as the Vikings, ranked No. 1 in 5A, stepped on the gas early and celebrated homecoming with a 69-7 victory over the Lewiston Bengals in 5A Inland Empire League football action Friday night at Viking Field.

“Bubba is one tough little football player, man,” Coeur d’Alene coach Shawn Amos. “He is a competitor, and he makes us a lot better. The reason we’re having a lot of success is we have so many kids that can contribute on so many levels.”

Debuting what Amos called their “special occasion” black home jerseys, the Vikings burst out to a 35-0 lead after one quarter, sacking Lewiston’s quarterback three times in the quarter and barely letting the Bengals come up for air.

A booster had purchased a set of black jerseys for the Vikings, who learned about the new threads a couple hours before the game. Coeur d’Alene warmed up in its traditional blue jerseys, then switched to black when the Vikings returned to the locker room just prior to coming out for the kickoff.

“Everybody freaked out” when they saw the new jerseys, Duran said. “It was an absolute surprise. It pumped us up for the game. It was really exciting to have a good start to the game.”

It would be nice to say the jerseys helped with the fast start, but the Vikings usually start fast anyway. They scored on the game’s fifth play, when Chad Chalich hit Duran on a 13-yard touchdown pass. Three plays later Duran picked off a pass and returned it 14 yards for a score. Midway through the quarter, Addison Johnson got behind the defense and hauled in a 30-yard scoring strike from Chalich.

Late in the first quarter, Duran caught a pass from Chalich on a hook route, then broke about a half-dozen tackles in a jaunt across the field to finish off the 38-yard scoring play for a 35-0 lead.

“The thing about this team so far is, the character of their approach to games is, they don’t care the situation,” Amos said. “They want to play football, and they want to play it fast. It doesn’t matter who the opponent is, it really doesn’t.”

Chalich tossed a school-record six touchdown passes in about 2 1/2 quarters of work for Coeur d’Alene, which scored on its first five possessions and outgained Lewiston 470-157. Three of those were to sophomore speedster Addison Johnson, who finished with 159 yards on six receptions. Both of Duran’s catches were for scores. Chalich was 8 of 8 for 198 yards and four touchdowns before his first incompletion. He finished 13 of 16 for 251 yards.

Joe Roletto also had an interception, and threw a 51-yard touchdown pass to Deon Watson on a double-reverse pass in the first quarter.

All told, Coeur d’Alene sacked Lewiston quarterback Cole Zacha six times and intercepted him three times.

“They’re really good; they’re one of the best teams that we’ve had to play against,” said Lewiston coach Emmett Dougherty, who said the Bengals had as few as 20 players available for practice at one point this week. “The thing that you can’t do is give them opportunities and make your own mistakes, because they take advantage of everything. In the first quarter we were overwhelmed, and they took advantage of every mistake we made.”

Coeur d’Alene plays host to fourth-ranked Post Falls next Friday.

Lewiston 0 0 0 7 — 7

Coeur d’Alene 35 7 21 6 — 69

Cd’A — Bubba Duran 13 pass from Chad Chalich (kick failed)

Cd’A — Duran 14 interception return (Joe Roletto pass from Chalich)

Cd’A — Addison Johnson 30 pass from Chalich (Parker Wilson kick)

Cd’A — Deon Watson 51 pass from Roletto (Wilson kick)

Cd’A — Duran 38 pass from Chalich (Wilson kick)

Cd’A — Johnson 61 pass from Chalich (Wilson kick)

Cd’A — Johnson 14 pass from Chalich (Wilson kick)

Cd’A — Carlos Martinez 10 pass from Chalich (Wilson kick)

Cd’A — Reece Mahaffy 5 run (Wilson kick)

Cd’A — Shawn Montee 11 run (kick failed)

Lew — Ryan Roth 13 run (Cameron Berglund kick)

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING — Lew, Zacha 9-(minus 36), Roth 8-73, Gaskill 10-47, Baker 1-4, Poxleitner 6-19, Ralstin 1-1, Saarela 2-6. Cd’A, Chalich 4-47, Martinez 5-50, Schnieder 1-3, White 3-9, Montee 14-64, Carpenter 4-(minus 5).

PASSING — Lew, Zacha 7-24-3-53. Cd’A, Chalich 13-16-0-251, Roletto 1-1-0-51.

RECEIVING — Lew, Baker 1-3, Kracke 3-23, Fuentes 1-16, Rigney 1-4, Gaskill 1-7. Cd’A, Johnson 6-159, Duran 2-51, Martinez 2-15, Roletto 1-11, Watson 2-63, Schnieder 1-3.