Nearly all of the Comanches' 343 yards of offense came rushing while almost 80 percent of Schulenburg’s 343 resulted via the pass but it was the home team, Shiner, that held the narrow three-point edge on the scoreboard last Friday.
Jyron McKenzie squeezes through a hole and makes a cut for the Horns’ longest run against Shiner, a 17-yarder late in the first quarter. The Comanches held Schulenburg to just 3 yards per carry. Sticker Photo by Brandt Vyvjala
Jacob Stafford capped off a six-play, 44-yard scoring drive, all on the ground, with a 2-yard touchdown run to put Shiner up for good 27-24 with 2:53 left. He ended the final Shorthorn threat by batting down a fourth-down pass near midfield.
Three other Comanches gained more yards rushing than Stafford, including Evel Jones' 132 yards and Trevion Flowers' 115. Shiner only tried two passes, one a short swing pass to Jones and the other an incomplete halfback pass by Stafford.
"They’ve got some exceptional athletes," head coach Tommy Bludau said. "They’ve got a good running team. Yes, you do know they’re going to run and they’ll tell you: stop it. We did get handled physically at times."
GAME STATISTICS:
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TEAM STATISTICS: Schulenburg Shiner First downs 17 19 Rushes-yds 22-68 41-339 Passing 14-31-1 1-2-0 Passing yds 272 9 Punts-avg 2-57 1-36 Fumbles-lost 1-0 3-2 Penalties-yds 4-35 5-65 SCORING SUMMARY: 1 2 3 4 -- Final Schulenburg 7 3 14 0 -- 24 Shiner 7 6 7 7 -- 27 SCORING DETAILS: First Quarter SCH - Jeffrey Lara 76 pass from Ross Bludau (Alex Lara kick), 9:42, 1st SHI - Trevion Flowers 23 run (Rigo Baray kick), 2:52, 1st Second Quarter SCH - Alex Lara 38 field goal, 9:53, 2nd SHI - Flowers 2 run (kick failed), 5:05, 2nd Third Quarter SCH - Gerardo Montoya 2 run (Alex Lara kick), 6:29, 3rd SHI - Evel Jones 38 run (Rigo Baray kick), 2:15, 3rd SCH - Jeffrey Lara 52 pass from Bludau (Alex Lara kick), 0:41, 3rd Fourth Quarter SHI - Jacob Stafford 2 run (Rigo Baray kick), 2:53, 4th INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS: Rushing Schulenburg: Jyron McKenzie 5-19, Ross Bludau 9-25, Jeffery Lara 1-0, Gerardo Montoya 7-24. Shiner: Evel Jones 11-152, Jacob Stafford 5-34, Trevion Flowers 15-93, Caleb Curtis 10-60. Passing Schulenburg: Bludau 14-31-272. Shiner: Curtis 1-1-9, Stafford 0-1-0. Receiving Schulenburg: Jeffrey Lara 8-198, Devondre Lewis-Hall 3-37, McKenzie 2-20, Besetzny 1-11. Shiner: Jones 1-9.