Football Preview: Chaparral Wolverines vs. Legend Titans
The Chaparral Wolverines will head out to challenge the Legend Titans at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Chaparral is no doubt hoping to put an end to an eight-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
Chaparral will head out to face Legend after giving up their first home loss of the season on Saturday. Chaparral was beaten by Regis Jesuit 40-0. While losing is never fun, the Wolverines can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado football rankings (they are ranked 66th, while the Raiders are ranked 11th).
Meanwhile, Legend had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 42.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Saturday. They enjoyed a cozy 24-7 victory over the Eagles.
Ryken Banks was his usual excellent self, rushing for 150 yards and a touchdown on only 12 carries, while also picking up 41 receiving yards and a touchdown. His longest rush was for an impressive 52 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. Nicholas Farley was another key player, throwing for 189 yards and two touchdowns on only 11 passes.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Legend's defense and their seven sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Tatum O'Donnell and Champ Jones, who racked up five sacks between them. O'Donnell also set a new season high mark in total tackles with 14.
Legend was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 243 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 208 rushing yards in three consecutive matchups.
Chaparral's loss dropped their record down to 2-4. As for Legend, their win bumped their record up to 5-1.
Chaparral was taken down by Legend 55-7 when the teams last played back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Legend's Jaden Lawrence, who rushed for 62 yards and two touchdowns, and also picked up 36 receiving yards and a touchdown. Now that Chaparral knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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