Azle and Brewer are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2014, but not for long. The Azle Hornets will face off against the Brewer Bears at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Azle has three straight wins, Brewer has seven straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Azle is headed into the match after thoroughly thrashing Denton: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Azle blew Denton out of the water with a 52-14 final score. The Hornets pushed the score to 38-7 by the end of the third, a deficit the Broncos had no chance of recovering from.
Derrek Vowell went supernova for Azle, throwing for 301 yards and three touchdowns while completing 72.4% of his passes. Another player making a difference was Aiden Mackey, who picked up 94 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Meanwhile, Brewer scored the most points they've had all season on Friday, but it wasn't enough. They had to suffer through a 58-31 loss at the hands of Richland. While losing is never fun, the Bears can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 426th, while the Royals are ranked 42nd).
Azle's record is now 3-0. As for Brewer, their loss dropped their record down to 0-4.
Things could have been worse for Azle, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 30-13 loss to Brewer when the teams last played back in September of 2023. Can Azle avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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