Don Ketchum
Former Staff Writer, AZPreps365.com

Chaparral shows Perry how it is done

October 1, 2010 by Don Ketchum, AZPreps365

"=""> By Don Ketchum
"=""> Scottsdale Chaparral’s Firebirds, the top football team in Class 5A Division II, know it will take a lot of hard work to stay there and win a second straight state championship. Gilbert Perry’s Pumas know it will take a lot of hard work to be at the level Chaparral is some day.
"=""> Chaparral strengthened its grip on the top spot Friday night, teaching host Perry a lesson in a 55-6 rout.
"=""> For Chaparral, it is carpe diem – seize the day.
"=""> “We want to win the day, win one practice at a time, one play at a time,’’ said Chaparral coach Charlie Ragle, whose team climbed to 6-0 and is averaging 50 points per game. “If we do that, the big stuff (the whole game) takes care of itself.’’
"=""> Ragle said his team didn’t necessarily have extra motivation because Perry was 5-0 entering the game.
"=""> “We don’t worry about that,’’ Ragle said. “It was the third time in a row we’ve gone against an unbeaten team. We just control what we can control.’’