AUSTIN (KXAN) — Westlake notched their second consecutive shutout and opened district play in style with a 64-0 win over Akins on Friday at Chaparral Stadium.

The Chaps led 21-0 after the first quarter and extended the lead to 44-0 by halftime.

Westlake honored its 61 seniors in a ceremony before the game, and one of the seniors who hasn’t seen the field a lot made one of the biggest plays of the game. With 1:25 left in the second quarter, Reagan Street turned what was a 5-yard out route into a 40-yard touchdown with pure grit and determination, breaking through two Akins defenders and then turning on the jets to the end zone. Following the point after, Westlake led 41-0 and then tacked on a 47-yard field goal by Spencer Barnett as time expired in the first half to lead 44-0 at the break.

Junior Grady Barlett scored twice, once on offense with an 8-yard run and the other on special team with a 62-yard punt return. His big return score was the first for the Chaps this season and came with 6:44 left in the third quarter to end the Chaps’ scoring.

Westlake head coach Tony Salazar was able to get some third and fourth-string players into the game in the second half, and that’s exactly what he wanted to do.

“A lot of guys got to play, and they made some plays,” Salazar said. “It was a big-time win for us with some of the seniors making some plays. The kids were cheering each other on and were happy for each other when they made plays. That’s a family, and that’s what we are.”

Jack Kayser scored twice in the first half in limited action. He scored on the first play from scrimmage with a 3-yard run after Westlake recovered a fumble, and then he made some nifty moves with 3:03 left in the opening quarter to score from 20 yards out.

Paxton Land threw a pair of touchdowns, the 40-yarder to Street and a 17-yard strike to Cal Livengood in the first quarter. Backup quarterback Rees Wise hit Brody Wilhelm for a 15-yard score in the second quarter on a 4th-and-5 play and running back Nate Acosta scored on a 24-yard run. Livengood provided a key lead block to spring Acosta loose on the play.

Westlake senior defensive back Aiden Schwarzbach snagged his first career interception with 8:34 left in the third quarter.

Akins had a couple of big gains on offense but couldn’t put anything together and were held scoreless for the third consecutive game. Jammal Loving was involved in both big plays, a 17-yard reception he hauled in off a deflection in the first quarter and a 16-yard run on a reverse in the second to convert a 3rd-and-11.

The play of the night for the Eagles, at least from a pure effort standpoint, came from punter Jose Nunez. After mishandling the long snap, Nunez picked the ball and began to run for his life, eluding two Westlake defenders bearing down on him, then breaking two other tackles before eventually getting a decent punt away to midfield.

Westlake (3-0, 1-0 6A-District 26) has a week off to prepare for the Battle of the Lakes against Lake Travis on Sept. 22. Akins (0-3, 0-1) takes on Lake Travis next week.

Game log

Final: Westlake 64, Akins 0. The Chaps keep the shutout and move to 1-0 in district play and 3-0 overall. Akins drops to 0-3 and they haven’t scored in any of their games this season.

5:23 4Q: Spencer Barnett tries a 51-yard field goal but it sails a little wide. It certainly had the distance, just off the mark. Akins takes over on their own 34-yard line

9:14 4Q: Sometimes people show their best effort in high-stress moments, and Akins punter Jose Nunez is one of those people. He mishandled a looping snap deep in his own territory, and he breaks through several tackles while running for his life, and he somehow got the punt off as he was being tackled. He sent the punt to about midfield. Incredible effort after he let the snap go through his hands.

11:47 4Q: Akins’ defense bows its neck and stuffs the Chaps on 4th down to get the ball back on an Isaac Navarro tackle. Akins takes over on their own 21-yard line.

End 3Q: Westlake 64, Akins 0. The Chaps will start the 4Q on the Akins 22-yard line with a 4th-and-3 play.

3:44 3Q: TOUCHDOWN WESTLAKE: Grady Bartlett gets to the outside on a punt return and takes it all the way back for a 62-yard touchdown. It’s the first punt return for a touchdown of the season for the Chaps. PAT good. Chaps 64, Eagles 0

6:44 3Q: TOUCHDOWN WESTLAKE: Sebastian Henault punches it in from a yard out. PAT good. Chaps 57, Eagles 0

8:34 3Q: Westlake senior Aiden Schwarzbach makes his first career INT and the Chaps get the ball back on the Akins 30-yard line

10:24 3Q: TOUCHDOWN WESTLAKE: Grady Bartlett works his way up the middle and he lunges into the end zone for an 8-yard score. PAT no good. Chaps 50, Eagles 0

11:54 3Q: Westlake receives the second-half kick and returns it to the Akins 40-yard line

Halftime: Westlake 44, Akins 0. Spencer Barnett drills a 47-yard field goal as time expires in the first half. The Chaps scored on every possession in the first half.

1:25 2Q: TOUCHDOWN WESTLAKE: Reagan Street takes on two Akins defenders and blasts through them on a short pass to turn the play into a 40-yard touchdown. Street REALLY wanted that touchdown, clearly. PAT no good. Chaps 41, Eagles 0

2:00 2Q: Paxton Land is back in the game for the Chaps to run their 2-minute hurry-up offense

4:12 2Q: Akins with another big play for their second first down of the game, this one a 16-yard run by Loving on a reverse. It converts a 3rd-and-11 and gets the Eagles to their 30-yard line.

5:54 2Q: TOUCHDOWN WESTLAKE: Nate Acosta rumbles straight up the up for a 24-yard touchdown run. Livengood lined up in the backfield on the play and provided a great lead block to spring Acosta free. PAT good. Chaps 35, Eagles 0

9:59 2Q: TOUCHDOWN WESTLAKE: On a free play and 4th-and-5, Wise lofts a pass to the front pylon for the 6-foot-6 Brody Wilhelm and he brings it down for a 15-yard touchdown. The offside penalty on Akins was obviously declined by the Chaps. PAT good. Chaps 28, Eagles 0

End 1Q: Westlake 21, Akins 0. The Eagles get a QB sack from Jacob Rodriguez on the last play of the quarter, Westlake will have the ball 3rd-and-6 to start the second quarter.

1:02 1Q: Westlake sophomore quarterback Rees Wise now into the game. Not sure if that’ll be it for Land for the rest of the night.

3:03 1Q: TOUCHDOWN WESTLAKE: Jack Kayser is out there looking like Bo Jackson in Tecmo Bowl. He weaves his way through the Akins defense for a 20-yard touchdown run, his second score of the game. PAT good. Chaps 21, Eagles 0

5:27 1Q: Akins QB Dylan Cagle rolls out and tosses it up for Jammal Loving who catches it off a deflection for a 17-yard gain. The Eagles, who run a slot-T offense, had 40 passing yards combined in their first two games.

7:12 1Q: TOUCHDOWN WESTLAKE: Paxton Land steps into his throw and fires it to Cal Livengood over the middle for a 17-yard touchdown. PAT good. Chaps 14, Eagles 0

8:17 1Q: Westlake forces Akins to punt and the Chaps will take over on their own 49-yard line to start their second drive of the game.

10:32 1Q: TOUCHDOWN WESTLAKE: Jack Kayser scores from 3 yards out on the first play from scrimmage for the Chaps. It’s Kayser’s third rushing TD of the season. PAT good. Chaps 7, Eagles 0

10:36 1Q: A bad exchange from the Akins center to the quarterback and Westlake recovers it. The Chaps take over on the Akins 3-yard line.

11:54 1Q: Akins kick returner AB Gonzales decides to run the ball from 4 yards deep in the end zone, and it doesn’t work out. Westlake pins the Eagles inside their 5-yard line.

12:00 1Q: Akins wins the coin toss and they will get the ball first. The Eagles have a lot players who start on both sides of the ball, and especially in the record heat Austin is having, that’s very taxing and that will be an issue for them.