The Carroll Tigers will square off against the Boerne Greyhounds at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
If Boerne heads into halftime all tied up, they better play a good second half: that's when Carroll took over last week. Carroll strolled past Corpus Christi Moody with points to spare on Friday, taking the game 35-21. With that win, the Tigers brought their scoring average up to 26.2 points per game.
The match pitted two dominant backs against one another in Robert Muhammad and Kayden Dufour. Muhammad had a solid game and rushed for 104 yards and a touchdown. Meanwhile, Dufour was balling out in the loss, rushing for 139 yards and a touchdown on only ten carries.
Carroll was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 264 rushing yards. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their rushing yard total in three consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Boerne came tearing into Friday's game with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 31.8 points) and they left with even more momentum. They claimed a resounding 49-21 victory over the Antlers. The result was nothing new for the Greyhounds, who have now won five contests by 24 points or more so far this season.
Boerne found their leader in sophomore Hank Hendrix, who threw for 268 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 11.2 yards per attempt. Another player making a difference was Brooks Perez, who picked up 136 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Boerne wouldn't let Tivy keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Boerne can thank Ben Bays and Braden Bays for forcing both of them. Boerne got some further help from Cole Durham: he picked up two sacks and made four total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Boerne's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-3. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 49.0 points per game. As for Carroll, the victory got them back to even at 5-5.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
