Boerne entered their game against East Central on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. The Boerne Greyhounds fell just short of the East Central Hornets by a score of 52-49. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (31), the Greyhounds still had to take the loss.
Despite the loss, Boerne still got an impressive performance from Hank Hendrix, who threw for 270 yards and five touchdowns, and also rushed for 36 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Hendrix a new career-high in rushing yards.
Boerne wouldn't let East Central keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force five fumbles. Jaxon Baize led the group effort, picking up two of those forced fumbles all by himself. Blake Burkholder is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made six or more in the last four games he's played dating back to last season.
Boerne's loss ended a six-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 2-2. As for East Central, the win was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 3-1.
Boerne will square off against Alamo Heights at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Alamo Heights' defense has only allowed 18 points per game this season, so Boerne's offense will have their work cut out for them. As for East Central, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Judson at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. East Central has been dominant on offense recently, as they've racked up an incredible 141 points over their last three matches.
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