At this point of the playoffs, there are only eight football teams left in each UIL classification from around the state and Boerne High is one of them.
The Greyhounds (10-3) face Corpus Christi Miller (11-2) in the fourth round or Region IV-DII regional finals this Friday in the Alamodome, 7 p.m.
BHS coach Che Hendrix said high school teams that play December football are “elite” and added that he’s glad to be a part of the club. This is Boerne’s second time in three seasons to be playing December football.
“Our theme has been to go from good to great and you have to be great to play December football,” he said. “We’ve played great and there’s no other way to say it.”
The Greyhounds have played great and so has Friday’s opponent, Corpus Christi Miller. This will be the third meeting between the schools in the playoffs since 2020 and the teams have split, and each won in blowout fashion.
In 2020, Miller routed the Greyhounds in the Dome, 70-45, but the following year, Boerne throttled the Buccaneers at Alamo Stadium, 68-24. Hendrix said Miller is as good as their 11-2 record indicates. The Bucs have a lot of weapons on the field that jumped out to Hendrix after looking at film.
“Corey (Holmes) may be one of the best athletes we’ll see all year,” the coach said. “He plays both ways and guarded (Alamo Heights five-star recruit) Michael Terry (last week) and did a good job on him and then he’ll play offense as well.”
Trevor Long is Miller’s quarterback and has thrown 47 TDs, while Broderick Taylor has 32 rushing TDs and averages 145 ground yards per game, while Eathan Vela averages 90 receiving yards per game and has 17 touchdowns.
Hendrix said he looked at the two games Miller lost and said they can learn from at least one of them.
Boerne High plays Corpus Christi Miller in the regional finals Friday Dec. 6 in the Alamodome, 7 p.m.
One of the losses was to Sinton (21-16) and Hendrix said the Pirates beat them with ball control.
“Sinton is really balanced offensively and had a lot of success. They were able to bottle up (Broderick Taylor) and make them throw more than they wanted to,” he said. “For us, it always starts with stopping the run and trying to make them one dimensional. If we can stop (Taylor) and make them throw and get a pass rush, maybe we can get a tipped ball or interception. The longer they stay balanced, the harder they are to stop.”
Miller’s other loss was to DeSoto, No. 24 in Maxpreps national rankings, and Hendrix said that one almost doesn’t count since the Eagles are the two-time defending 6A state champs and are looking to make it three in a row this year.
While Miller has athletes, Boerne has a few offensive weapons of its own.
Hank Hendrix has tossed 40 TDs this year on 237 of 331 passing for a 71 percent completion rate, while Brooks Perez averages 90 receiving yards per contest and enters the contest with 1,173 yards and 10 touchdowns.
Matthew Garrison has tallied 560 receiving yards and 8 TDs, while Eli Nikolas has 44 catches for 607 yards.
Hutson Hendrix ran for four touchdowns against Victoria West last week after recording three rushing TDs against the Warriors in their first meeting. He has 9 total rushing scores to go with 5 receiving TDs, while Ivan Perez and Adam Hicks have run for 8 touchdowns apiece and Jeff Morrison has 7 rushing touchdowns.
Boerne’s offensive success all starts up front with the “Great Wall of Boerne” led by TCU commit Logan Schram and San Antonio All-Star selection Logan Fritcher.
Defensively, Hutson Hendrix leads the team with 141 tackles, Ryan Hooper has 101 stops, Ty Bush has 83 tackles, while Blake Burkholder has 21 tackles for a loss and Braden Bays has 18 tackles for losses and a team-high 8 sacks.
Jake Perez leads the team in interceptions with 5 and had one last week vs. Victoria West and Jaxon Baize, who serves as the backup quarterback, was also selected to play in the S.A. All-Star game.
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