Football Preview: Birdville Hawks vs. Azle Hornets
The Birdville Hawks will venture away from home to challenge the Azle Hornets at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Friday, Birdville took a blow against Richland, falling 62-34. While losing is never fun, the Hawks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 354th, while the Royals are ranked 48th).
While Azle didn't have the best season last year (they finished 3-7), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They put the hurt on Brewer with a sharp 42-21 win on Friday. The victory was just business as usual for the Hornets, who after four games remain undefeated this season.
Hagen Hughes continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 168 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 9.3 yards per carry, and also picking up 34 receiving yards. He is on a roll when it comes to rushing touchdowns, as he's now punched in two or more in the last four games he's played dating back to last season. Another player making a difference was Aiden Mackey, who picked up 98 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Azle was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 309 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted was before the start of last season.
This is the second loss in a row for Birdville and nudges their season record down to 2-3. As for Azle, their win bumped their record up to 4-0.
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