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 look to defend their home field on Friday against the Azle Hornets at 7:00 p.m. Brewer has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with seven straight losses, while Azle will come in with three straight wins.
Brewer is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They had to suffer through a 58-31 loss at the hands of Richland. The Bears were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 44-6.
Meanwhile, you're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter, and that's exactly how it played out for Azle on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that they 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 had an outrageously good game 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.
Brewer's defeat dropped their record down to 0-4. As for Azle, their victory bumped their record up to 3-0.
Brewer strolled past Azle in their previous matchup back in September of 2023 by a score of 30-13. Does Brewer have another victory up their sleeve, or will Azle turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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