The Chaparral Pumas will venture away from home to challenge the Mission Viejo Diablos at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are still undefeated (Chaparral has four wins , while Mission Viejo has 13 dating back to last season).
Chaparral's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They breezed by Great Oak on the road to the tune of 42-0. Given the Pumas' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 22nd, while the Wolfpack are ranked 299th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
A big part of Chaparral's victory came down to the chemistry between Dane Weber and his top target Caden "CB" Butler. Weber threw for 224 yards and three touchdowns while completing 84.2% of his passes while Butler picked up 125 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Weber has been hot recently, having posted three or more passing touchdowns the last three times he's played. Chaparral also got a significant boost from Noah Charfauros, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 85 yards.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Chaparral's defense and their five sacks. Great Oak's QB won't forget Shane Klingelberg anytime soon given he sacked him 3.5 times. Klingelberg also set a new season high mark in total tackles with ten.
Meanwhile, Mission Viejo's offense rose to the challenge against a Bears defense that boasted an average of only 14.75 points allowed on Friday. Mission Viejo skirted past Basha 31-28. The 31-point effort marked the Diablos' lowest-scoring match of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Mission Viejo wouldn't let Basha keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Mission Viejo can thank Jeron Jones and Jaden Williams for forcing both of them.
Chaparral's win bumped their record up to 4-0. As for Mission Viejo, they pushed their record up to 5-0 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season.
The upcoming contest will be a clash of competing strengths. Chaparral has deployed a run-first offense that has averaged 157 rushing yards a game. Meanwhile, Mission Viejo has preferred to attack from the air: they average 276.8 passing yards per game. So which strategy will prevail on Friday? There's only one way to find out.
Chaparral might still be hurting after the 31-11 loss they got from Mission Viejo in their previous matchup back in October of 2014. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Chaparral was down 24-3.
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