Football Preview: Portales Rams vs. Chaparral Lobos
The Portales Rams will welcome the Chaparral Lobos at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Portales is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. Everything went their way against Chaparral on Friday as Portales made off with a 44-19 win. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
Despite the loss, Chaparral saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Raul Lopez rushed for 170 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.1 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave Lopez a new career-high in rushing yards. Tyvin Howard was another key player, gaining 99 total yards and a touchdown.
Even though they lost, Chaparral was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 252 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Chaparral has traveled a rocky road recently having lost four of their last five matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 3-7 record this season. As for Portales, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 6-4.
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