Tyler Patek and Chad Neubauer combined for 260 yards rushing and four touchdowns as Shiner routed rivals Flatonia 42-17 in the regular-season finale for both teams.
Patek had a 7-yard run and Dadrian Taylor caught a 61-yard pass in the first quarter as Shiner led 14-0. Flatonia cut the lead with a 4-yard run by Omar Castillo to 14-7 and within 14-10 after a 24-yard field goal by Jose Manzano in the second quarter. Patek had a 19-yard run to give the Comanches a 21-10 halftime lead.
In the second half, Shiner got touchdown runs from Patek, Neubauer and Charles Haynes.
Flatonia got within 42-17 as Blaine Besetsny had a 19-yard pass to Gus Venegas with a little over two minutes left in the game. Venegas had seven catches for 86 yards while Matthew Kozelsky had 60 yards on 13 carries.
Shiner moves on to the playoffs next week ... they will play Corpus Christi London Academy in Three Rivers.
GAME STATISTICS (from the Victoria Advocate Digital Edition)GAME SUMMARY: Shiner 42, Flatonia 17 Shiner Comanche Stadium SCORING SUMMARY: 1 2 3 4 -- Final Flatonia 7 3 0 7 -- 17 Shiner 14 7 14 7 -- 42 SCORING DETAILS: First Quarter S: Tyler Patek 7 run (Chad Neubauer kick), 8:42 S: Dadrian Taylor 61 pass from Blake Michalec (Neubauer kick), 5:52 F: Omar Castillo 4 run (Jose Manzano kick), 3:46 Second Quarter F: Manzano 24 field goal, 6:57 S: Patek 19 run (Neubauer kick), 3:52 Third Quarter S: Neubauer 2 run (Neubauer kick), 8:55 S: Patek 5 run (Neubauer kick), 3:28 Fourth Quarter S: Charles Haynes 6 run (Austin Tousek kick), 10:39 F: Gus Venegas 18 pass from Blaine Besetzney (Manzano kick), 2:02 TEAM STATISTICS: Flatonia Shiner First Downs 11 21 Yards Rushing 33-91 43-353 Yards Passing 148 100 Passes 13-7-1-1 7-4-1-0 Punts 35.75 0 Fumbles-lost 1-0 2-1 Penalties-Yards 2-10 4-44 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS: Rushing Flatonia: Gus Venegas 2-(-1), Blaine Besetzny 3-9, Casen Novak 2-2, Matthew Kozelsky 12-52, Omar Castillo 13-27, San Juan Ramirez 1-2. Shiner: Blake Michalec 3-9, Brandon Cerny 1-1, Chad Neubauer 15-115, Charles Haynes 4-37, Dadrian Taylor 1-21, Justin Stein 2-1, Justin Stovall 2-24, Tyler Patek 15-145. Passing Flatonia: Blaine Besetzny 1-1-16-0, Casen Novak 12-6-130-1. Shiner: Blake Michalec 7-4-100-0. Receiving Flatonia: Gus Venegas 5-90, Matthew Kozelsky 2-58. Shiner: Chad Neubauer 1-19, Dadrian Taylor 3-81.