Two dominant signal callers in Hank Hendrix and Dominick Martinez are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Boerne Greyhounds will face off against the Victoria West Warriors at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Boerne is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They claimed a resounding 38-3 victory over Edcouch-Elsa. The win was familiar territory for the Greyhounds who have now won seven games in a row.
Boerne found their leader in sophomore Hendrix, who threw for 259 yards and four touchdowns on only 17 passes, and also rushed for 47 yards. The dominant performance gave Hendrix a new career-high in rushing yards. Brooks Perez was Hendrix's top target, picking up 120 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Boerne wouldn't let Edcouch-Elsa keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Boerne can thank Braden Bays and Blake Burkholder for forcing both of them. Burkholder has been hot recently, having also posted five or more total tackles the last four times he's played.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Victoria West). They blew past Alice 63-13 on Friday. Given the Warriors' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 260th, while the Coyotes are ranked 572nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Jenesis Jeffries was his usual excellent self, rushing for 151 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 7.9 yards per carry. Another player making a difference was Martinez, who threw for 214 yards and three touchdowns while completing 73.9% of his passes.
The victory (which was Victoria West's fourth in a row) raised their record to 10-2. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 28.8 points. As for Boerne, their win bumped their record up to 9-3.
Boerne strolled past Victoria West in their previous matchup back in October by a score of 50-33. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Victoria West's Tristan Bernard, who rushed for 89 yards and two touchdowns. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Boerne still be able to contain Bernard? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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