The Chaparrals football team dominated Midwest Prep Monday night, capping off a big win at home and breaking a losing streak. The Chaps played a solid game against the Vikings with a whooping score of 52 to 8. Since the Chaps are coming off a two game losing streak, it is an extreme confidence booster for them to blow out their opponent during their Monday night game.

The Chaps returned to the look they had in the beginning of the season when they were 2-0. When a team has everything clicking during every phase of the game: offense, defense and special teams, it shows how much of a threat the Chaps can be.

Scoring 52 points in any game is impressive, and that is exactly what the Chaps offense was. The Chaps were able to get the ground game going early, as it is their formula for jump starting their offense, but they were also able to air out the football and sling it down the field. They were able to have three touchdown passes, all of which were longer than 20 yards, with the longest coming on a 38-yard touchdown pass.

The Chaps were also almost unstoppable in the ground game. They added three rushing touchdowns to pile up the points against a shellshocked Vikings defense. The most impressive run of the night came from quarterback Even Scales when he ran 30+ yards for a touchdown.

Making sure the Chaps establish a nice ground game early has been a huge key for success and opening up the offense. Keeping an opposing defense on their toes with a balanced offense is one thing, but to completely fly by them is a testament to how well the offense is playing.

Having this balanced offense is what lead the Chaps to 52 points. Run or pass it was difficult for the Vikings to keep up, especially since they let many big yardage plays get by them. However, while the offense was a big factor for winning, the defense also had an equally impressive show.

On the Vikings first drive, the defense came up with an interception and were able to run it in for a pick-six touchdown by Jalen Poe. He would later come back with a second interception in the first half. Poe’s defensive effort jolted the entire team with excitement and pumped up everybody watching. The defense gave the Vikings fits as they were forced to punt and get three-and-outs almost every time they came on the field.

But where the defense was most impressive was stopping the Vikings on fourth down.

The Vikings had three fourth-and-long plays to make. Had they converted any of them, they might have been able to put up points. But the defense was prepared and stopped the Vikings on every fourth down play, including one that ended in a sack by Shannon Hall.

Every glance  at the scoreboard showed the Chaps had increased their lead. It truly looked like they had gotten back to their identity as a football team and pulled off a very timely win. While the field still had a lot of yellow on it, due to both teams having troubles with penalties, the Chaps dominated the one-sided game.

The Vikings were finally able to score points late in the fourth quarter, and even though the points didn’t mean much, it was something that the Vikings could improve on next game and vise versa for the Chaps. The Chaps also surrendered a 2-point conversion, showing some weakness at the goal line in the process. That flaw didn’t impact the outcome this week.

The Chaps will try to continue their winning ways as they travel to Pennsylvania to play the Lackawanna Falcons on Saturday.