Azle and Brewer are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2014, but not for long. The Azle Hornets will challenge 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 game 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 match was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Hornets had established a 31 point advantage.
Derrek Vowell had a dynamite game for Azle, throwing for 301 yards and three touchdowns while completing 72.4% of his passes. Aiden Mackey also helped with two touchdowns in total.
Another reason for the win was Azle's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for six sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Ethan Alcala and Case Moore, who racked up four sacks between them. Azle got some further help from Devin Wingfield: he picked up a sack and made six total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, Brewer scored the most points they've had all season on Friday, but it wasn't enough. They took a blow against Richland, falling 58-31. 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.
Azle lost to Brewer on the road by a decisive 30-13 margin in their previous meeting 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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