You're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter, and that's exactly how it played out for Capital on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that they blew the Skyview Falcons out of the water with a 48-8 final score. The contest was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 34-8.
Merek Mihelish went supernova for Capital, throwing for 261 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 10.9 yards per attempt, and also rushing for 75 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries. Conor Toivonen was another key player, picking up 90 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Capital was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 212 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 181 rushing yards in seven consecutive games dating back to last season.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Capital's defense and their six sacks. Jack Gollehon was especially locked on to Skyview's QB and sacked him twice.
Despite the loss, Skyview still got an impressive performance from Camble Bjornstad, who rushed for 103 yards and a touchdown, and also picked up 98 receiving yards. The dominant performance also gave Bjornstad a new career-high in rushing yards. Another player making a difference was Paxton Fitch, who threw for 191 yards on only 18 passes.
The win got Capital back to even at 1-1. As for Skyview, they are on a six-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-2.
Capital's road trip will continue as they head out to face Sentinel at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Skyview, they will square off against Bozeman at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams might be coming in a bit winded given these two teams combined for 850 yards in their previous games.
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