Football Preview: Brewer Bears vs. Azle Hornets
Brewer and Azle are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2014, but not for long. The Brewer Bears will be playing at home against the Azle Hornets at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Brewer has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with seven straight defeats, while Azle will come in with three straight victories.
Brewer is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took a blow against Richland on Friday, falling 58-31. The Bears were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 44-6.
Meanwhile, a well-balanced attack led Azle over Denton in every quarter on their way to victory on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Azle blew Denton out of the water with a 52-14 final score. Given the Hornets' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 229th, while the Broncos are ranked 632nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Derrek Vowell was a one-man wrecking crew for Azle as he threw for 301 yards and three touchdowns while completing 72.4% of his passes. The team also got some help courtesy of Aiden Mackey, who picked up 94 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Azle's defense stepped up as well, laying out the QB six times. The heavy lifting was done by Ethan Alcala and Case Moore, who racked up four sacks between them. Azle got some further help from Devin Wingfield: he picked up a sack and made six total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Brewer's loss dropped their record down to 0-4. As for Azle, their win bumped their record up to 3-0.
Brewer strolled past Azle in their previous meeting back in September of 2023 by a score of 30-13. Will Brewer repeat their success, or does Azle have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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