Hallettsville's Damarion Austin's 32-yard run with just 10 minutes left in the third quarter broke a 7-7 tie and was the difference in the Shiner Comanches falling a little short at Hallettsville, 14-7, to open the 2022 season ( on Friday, August 26, 2022 ).
Shiner running back Beck Bishop carries the football in the Comanches' opener Friday night at Hallettsville. photo courtesy of Chuck Grafe, Hallettsville Tribune-Herald
The loss was the first for the Comanches since the third round of the 2019 playoffs to end a 30-game win streak and was just the second for fourth-year head coach Daniel Boedeker.
The Comanches got on the board first on a three-yard run by senior running back Dalton Brooks with 2:06 left in the opening frame. The Brahmas tied the game in the second quarter on a five-yard run from Layne Gerke.
Brooks led the Shiner offense with 135 yards on 26 carries and Beck Bishop had 51 yards on 11 carries. Quarterback Ryan Peterson completed 3-of-9 passes for 8 yards. Austin was the leading rusher for Hallettsville with 93 yards on nine carries.
GAME STATISTICSHallettsville 14, Shiner 7 Friday, August 26, 2022, 7:30 p.m. Brahma Stadium, Hallettsville SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 F Shiner 7 0 0 0 -- 7 Hallettsville 0 7 7 0 -- 14 SCORING DETAILS: First Quarter S - Dalton Brooks 3 run (Angel San Martin kick), 2:06 1Q. Second Quarter H - Layne Gerke 5 run (Ty Tomek kick), 9:03 2Q. Third Quarter H - Damarion Austin 32 run (Tomek kick), 9:46 3Q Fourth Quarter no score TEAM STATISTICS: Shiner Hallettsville First downs 13 9 Rushes-yards 46-214 33-242 Passing yards 8 0 Passes 3-9 0-8-1 Penalties-yards 6-50 10-90 Fumbles-lost 3-1 2-0 Punts-aver 1-36.0 2-21.0 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS: Rushing S: Dalton Brooks 26-135, Beck Bishop 11-51, Ryan Peterson 8-26, Drew Wenske 1-2. H: Damarian Austin 9-93, Jashaun Price 14-84, Jordan Wilson 6-51, Layne Gerke 2-12, Cameron Alimilla 2-2. Passing S: Peterson 3-9-0-8. H: Wilson 0-6-1-0, Tanner Clifte 0-2-0-0. Receiving S: Wenske 1-5, Bishop 1-2, Keenan Hailey 1-1.
Mark Lube is the sports editor for the Shiner Gazette.
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