The Boerne Greyhounds will venture away from home to face off against the Alamo Heights Mules at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Boerne is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They fell just short of East Central by a score of 52-49 on Friday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game two weeks ago (31), the Greyhounds still had to take the loss.
Despite the loss, Boerne saw an underclassman step up: Hank Hendrix threw for 270 yards and five touchdowns, and also rushed for 36 yards and a touchdown. Those five passing touchdowns set a new season-high mark for Hendrix.
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.
Meanwhile, Alamo Heights put another one in the bag on Thursday to keep their perfect season alive. They enjoyed a cozy 38-19 win over Clemens. Given the Mules' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 106th, while the Buffaloes are ranked 443rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Boerne's defeat ended a six-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 2-2. As for Alamo Heights, they pushed their record up to 4-0 with the victory, which was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season.
Boerne came up short against Alamo Heights in their previous meeting back in August of 2021, falling 34-30. Thankfully for Boerne, George Flesher (who rushed for 76 yards and a touchdown, and also picked up 52 receiving yards and a touchdown) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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