When the game favors the offense, it’s even harder for a football defense to record a shutout.

That is what Paris did on Friday at Orrick, however, winning 42-0. The Coyotes (2-0) allowed 113 yards on their way to their first ever shutout since the school transitioned to 8-man football last season.

Paris has been shut out in 8-man during a game last year but have only allowed eight points through two weeks. Head coach Cody Carney said that is definitely not an easy feat as teams find some way to score. He used reigning state champion Archie as an example of a program that has figured out the defensive side, shutting out six teams on its way to an undefeated season.

“You see a few (shutouts) every year,” Carney said. “It just takes one missed tackle. The played have executed really well the past two weeks.”

On top of each finishing with 112-yard games while running the ball, Brad Skinner and Gatlin Fountain led Paris in tackles with 11 and eight, respectively. Chase Graupman followed with seven tackles and five others had at least four tackles.

Carney said the credit for preparing the defensive game plan goes to assistant coach Eric Bordeleau. The Coyotes have been working well as one big unit.

“They run the ball really well and so we were just really pounding that into our kids’ heads,” Carney said. “Trust your teammates. Sometimes, that’s hard for a high school kid. They want to make every play, but you’ve got to trust your teammates that they’re going to make the stop.”

Fountain had 70 yards receiving on two catches and two touchdowns, Skinner had two touchdowns, Luke Ensor threw for 194 yards and two touchdowns, and Logan Mitchell caught a 43-yard touchdown.

Carney said Paris did start slow on offense after missing some passes. The Coyotes wanted to throw it since Orrick (1-1) is good at stopping the run. It eventually started working to about 230 rushing yards and 190 passing yards.

“We hit some counters that opened some things up,” Carney said. “Once we hit a couple big runs on them, then we calmed down and started hitting some passes.”

Paris has another chance at third-ranked Braymer with Breckenridge (2-0), who defeated Southwest Livingston 78-18 last week and beat the Coyotes 52-44 game in Paris last season, at 7 p.m. Friday on the road.

“Our kids have been really wanting another shot at them,” Carney said. “They’ve been looking forward to this one for 364 days, or however it’s been since we played them.”