AUSTIN (KXAN) — Westlake locked up its 36th consecutive playoff appearance and 48th consecutive win with a 70-0 victory over Austin High on Friday at Chaparral Stadium.
Westlake junior running back Jack Kayser scored on a 44-yard run 45 seconds into the game, and that’s really where the game both started and ended. Kayser had four touches in the first half and scored three touchdowns, two rushing and one receiving. Kayser now has 15 rushing touchdown on the season.
Westlake quarterback Paxton Land threw four touchdowns in the first half as the Chaps took a 49-0 lead after two quarters. Jaden Greathouse caught two touchdown passes and Keaton Kubecka hauled in a score as well.
Ben Krasan scored his first-ever varsity touchdown for the Chaps in the fourth quarter and defensive back Denim Collins returned an interception 28 yards for a score in the third quarter.
Westlake (8-0, 6-0) has a short week and takes on Bowie on Oct. 27 at Burger Stadium. Austin (2-6, 2-4) plays Lake Travis on Oct. 28. The Cavaliers lost 38-31 to Dripping Springs at home on Fridday.
Game log
Final: Chaparrals 70, Maroons 0. It’s the Chaps’ 48th consecutive victory.
6:58 4Q: TOUCHDOWN WESTLAKE – Ben Krasan scores his first varsity touchdown on a 10-yard run. PAT good. Chaparrals 70, Maroons 0
8:44 4Q: Westlake kicks off and Austin High’s kick return team lets it hit the turf. It checks up and Westlake’s Henry Tester recovers it. The Chaps have the ball on Austin’s 25-yard line.
8:47 4Q: TOUCHDOWN WESTLAKE – Trevor Sbrocco scores from 2 yards out. PAT good. Chaparrals 63, Maroons 0
End 3Q: Chaparrals 56, Maroons 0. Consecutive win No. 48 incoming for the Chaps.
2:01 3Q: Westlake’s Jeffery Jenkins makes his first varsity interception on a deep ball down the middle. The Chaps take over on the Austin 42-yard line
2:44 3Q: Westlake’s Grady Bartlett has the ball stripped just before he gets into the end zone on fourth down, and even while Westlake recovered it, it wasn’t Bartlett so the Maroons get the ball at the spot of the fumble — their own 1-yard line.
10:14 3Q: TOUCHDOWN WESTLAKE – Heath McRee hauls in a pass from Skinner for 25 yards. PAT good. Chaparrals 56, Maroons 0
11:00 3Q: Brett Skinner in the ballgame for Westlake at QB, taking over for Paxton Land.
12:00 3Q: Austin High receives the second-half kick and Wilder Davenport comes into the game at QB for the Maroons
Halftime: Chaparrals 49, Maroons 0. Jack Kayser scored three touchdowns in the half and Land has thrown for four touchdowns. Westlake has outgained Austin 300-70 and Land has 221 passing yards for the Chaps.
1:22 2Q: TOUCHDOWN WESTLAKE – Denim Collins with a pick-six. He returns the interception 28 yards for a touchdown. Chaparrals 49, Maroons 0
2:11 2Q: TOUCHDOWN WESTLAKE – Land hits Keaton Kubecka for 31 yards. PAT good. Chaparrals 42, Maroons 0
6:13 2Q: Land to Greathouse for a 3-yard touchdown pass. PAT good. Chaparrals 35, Maroons 0
7:46 2Q: Maroons have to punt again and the Chaps will take over on their own 45-yard line.
11:25 2Q: Latham came back in at QB for the Maroons, so that was just Davenport’s series to run the offense, it appears.
11:50 2Q: TOUCHDOWN WESTLAKE – The first play of the second quarter goes for 31 yards and a touchdown by … you guessed it … Jack Kayser. It’s his third TD of the night and first receiving touchdown of the season. PAT good. Chaparrals 28, Maroons 0
End 1Q: Chaparrals 21, Maroons 0. Austin High can’t get anything consistent going on offense and Westlake has done Westlake things in the first quarter.
2:55 1Q: Austin High’s Wilder Davenport takes over at QB for John Latham. Don’t think Latham is injured but that’s something to look for later on
3:04 1Q: TOUCHDOWN WESTLAKE – Jaden Greathouse scores his 50th career touchdown on a 50-yard catch on a swing pass from Paxton Land. PAT good. Chaparrals 21, Maroons 0
4:08 1Q: The Maroons moved the ball pretty well with three first downs on the drive, but a 54-yard field goal try comes up well short and the Chaps take over on their own 37.
8:38 1Q: TOUCHDOWN WESTLAKE – Kayser gets in again, this time from 5 yards out. His 15th rushing score of the season. PAT good. Chaparrals 14, Maroons 0
9:13 1Q: A low snap on an Austin High punt creates havoc and the Chaps tackle the punter at the Maroons’ 11-yard line
11:15 1Q: TOUCHDOWN WESTLAKE – That didn’t take long. Jack Kayser speeds 44 yards for the game’s first touchdown 45 seconds into the game. It’s his 14th rushing touchdown of the year. PAT good. Chaparrals 7, Maroons 0
12:00 1Q: Austin High wins the coin toss and defers its choice to the second half. Westlake will receive the opening kickoff