APEX - Cary defensive back Caleb Glass congratulated teammate DeAndre Henry, certain that the senior running back had won his second straight MVP award given to the top player in the iHigh.com Great American Rivalry Series game against Apex.

But Glass, who had gotten his mitts on almost every ball thrown near him during the night, had one item that belonged in his hands. With two interceptions, one touchdown and a fumble recovery, Glass was voted as the game's MVP.

Henry's 157 yards rushing and touchdown run didn't go unnoticed, but it was fitting that an Imps defensive player earn the nod in a 34-0 Cary shutout. The Imps scored three of their touchdowns on turnovers and set up a fourth with another -- totaling six in all.

"It wasn't just me, it was a team goal," Glass said. "Without my defensive line giving the quarterback pressure and the linebackers getting in the right drops, I wouldn't have been able to have such the successful night that I had."

Glass' 5-yard interception return for touchdown with 6:27 left in the third quarter came as Apex quarterback Zach Kunkel was hit while trying to pass out of his own end zone. The score and two-point conversion put the Imps up 14-0.

The Cougars' special teams handed Cary (4-0, 2-0 Tri-Nine) its third touchdown less than two minutes later, as a high punt snap sailed over the head of Donte Smalls and into the end zone. Smalls tried to kick the ball out of the back line for a safety, but whiffed -- allowing Lennie Paul to jump on it for an easy score.

Apex (0-2, 0-2) was again deep in their own territory in the fourth quarter, and for the second time Glass picked off a pass from an Apex player under duress -- this time it was Smalls. Glass' interception and 3-yard return had Cary just outside the 10-yard line. A few plays later, Cardavio Payne (17 carries, 70 yards) punched in a 1-yard touchdown to go up 27-0.

The Cary defense struck again with 2:42 left, as a mishandled Apex shotgun snap in the end zone allowed the Imps' Matt Rush to fall on it for another score.

The Imps, ranked No. 4 in the News & Observer rankings, have allowed just 14 points in their four games this year. They held Apex to just 26 total yards on 45 plays.

"If they can't score they can't win -- that's something (defensive coordinator Andy Kolstad) always tells us," Glass said. "We might not have all the athletes, we may not be great in size -- but one thing we do well is we're coachable and we fly to the ball, and that's going to make a difference."

Henry, who sat out the first quarter, burst through the Apex line for a 20-yard touchdown with 2:56 left in the second quarter. The extra point was no good, and both sides traded missed field goals to keep the halftime score 6-0 in Cary's favor.

"We moved it the first half, but in the second half we made those couple of mistakes," Apex coach Bob Wolfe said. "We can't get down about this."