The Boerne Greyhounds will head out to take on the Alamo Heights Mules at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
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 defeat, 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.
Meanwhile, Alamo Heights put another one in the bag on Thursday to keep their perfect season alive. They strolled past Clemens with points to spare, taking the game 38-19. 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 loss 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 when the teams last played 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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