Comanches run past Kenedy

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"font-family: Times New Roman;">FLORESVILLE – Brady Cejka did his

homework this week.

"font-size: small;">Of

course he had his academic homework as always, but the “homework”

Cejka had this week involved football. He and his Shiner football

teammates did a lot of film study on their bi-district playoff

opponent Kenedy.

"font-size: small;">The

Comanches not only did their homework, they passed the test. Cejka

intercepted two passes and returned a punt to set up a touchdown as

Shiner ran past Kenedy, 35-6, Thursday at Floresville High School

in the bi-district round of the Division I-Class A state

playoffs.

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"font-family: Times New Roman;">“Our coach (Steven Cerny) told us

Kenedy threw a lot of passes so we were ready,” Cejka said. “We

just played our ‘A’ game.”

"font-size: small;">The

Comanches were solid defensively as they intercepted four passes

and limited the Lions to 114 yards of total offense, including just

85 passing on a 14-for-32 outing for Kenedy quarterback Rollie

Zepeda. In addition to Cejka’s two picks, Zach Lawrence and Trevian

Flowers also recorded interceptions.

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"font-family: Times New Roman;">“The entire secondary played well,”

Cerny said. “We struggled a bit on offense though, and the emotion

just wasn’t there.”

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"font-family: Times New Roman;">Shiner (6-5) recorded 324 yards of

total offense, including 245 rushing. In his playoff debut,

sophomore quarterback Jacob Stafford completed 5-of-9 passes for 79

yards, two interceptions and two touchdowns, while running 10 times

for 20 yards and a score.

"font-size: small;">The

Comanches scored on three of their first five possessions in the

first half to build a 21-0 lead at halftime. Following a 15-yard

punt return by Cejka to the Kenedy 35-yard line, Marlon Wallace was

knocked out of bounds at the 1 on a 34-yard run before Stafford

snuck into the endzone from that spot to give Shiner a 7-0 lead at

the 3:33 mark of the first quarter.

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"font-family: Times New Roman;">Cejka struck again on the Lions’

next play as he returned the first of Zepeda’s four interceptions

to the Kenedy 25 to give his team good field position once again.

Five plays later, Caleb Curtis bulled his way into the endzone from

11 yards out to put the Comanches up 14-0 with 1:16 left in the

opening quarter of play.

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"font-family: Times New Roman;">Four possessions later, Shiner went

on a 14-play, 66-yard drive, which took more than seven minutes off

the second-quarter clock. The drive ended with an 11-yard touchdown

pass from Stafford to Caleb Kalich with 2:34 left before

halftime.

"font-size: small;">The

Comanches opened the second half with another long drive as they

drove 74 yards in 10 plays. Wallace and Curtis combined for 48

yards on nine carries during the drive before Stafford hit Evel

Jones for a 26-yard score to put Shiner up 28-0 at the 7:09 mark of

the third quarter.

"font-size: small;">The

teams traded interceptions on the next two drives before Kenedy got

on the scoreboard on a 6-yard touchdown pass from Zepeda to Tristan

Mejia. The Zepeda-to-Mejia touchdown cut the Comanches’ lead to

28-6 with 18 seconds left in the third quarter.

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"font-family: Times New Roman;">Jones capped the scoring on a

29-yard touchdown run with 2:38 left to play in the game. Jones

caught three passes for 46 yards and a touchdown and also ran four

times for 32 yards and a score.

"font-size: small;">“I

worked hard to find openings on my scoring plays,” Jones

said.

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"font-family: Times New Roman;">Curtis led all rushers with 96

yards and a score on 25 carries. Wallace was the second-leading

rusher with 71 yards on 14 totes.

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"font-family: Times New Roman;">Shiner faces Brackett at 7:30 p.m.

Friday at Somerset in a DI-A area round playoff game. Brackett

(4-6) is the District 14-A-DI champion, and received a first-round

bye.