Shorthorns Can’t Hold Halftime Lead, Fall to Rogers 44-23

The Schulenburg Shorthorns had one heck of a second quarter Friday.

But the other three quarters were lackluster and Rogers beat Schulenburg 44-23 in the Shorthorns’ home opener.

After falling behind 16-0, Schulenburg scored 23 second quarter points to take a one-point lead into halftime, but they failed to score in the second half.

Schulenburg quarterback Aaron Janecek ran for 97 yards and two touchdowns and threw for 110 yards and a TD to Rodney Walton, but the Rogers Eagles were able to amass 444 total yards of their own. The Shorthorns (0-2) next play at Burton (1-1), which is coming off a 27-24 win over Hearne.

Rogers 44, Schulenburg 23

Score by quarters

Schulenburg 0 23 0 0 – 23 Rogers 16 6 8 14 – 44

Schul. Rogers

First Downs 18 20 Rushes-Yds 42-208 44-422 Passing yards 110 22 Total yards 318 444 Comp-Att-Int 11-19-0 2-4-0 Fumbles-lost 1-1 1-1 Punts-Avg. 2-19 0-0 Penalties-yds 4-38 6-53 Scoring summary 1ST QUARTER

Rog - Richter 20 pass from Sisneroz (Watson run), 8:45. Rog - Watson 37 run (Sisneroz run), 2:27.

2ND QUARTER

Sch - Walton 15 pass from Janecek (Davis run), 11:13. Sch - Janecek 10 run (Johnson pass from Janecek), 9:03. Rog - Sisneroz 1 run (kick failed), 3:28. Sch - Janecek 20 run (Brycen Schramek kick), 1:52.

3RD QUARTER

Rog - Hernandez 1 run (Sisneroz run), 2:38.

4TH QUARTER

Rog - Stephens 65 run (Eric Gonzalez kick), 11:10. Rog - Stephens 80 run (Gonzales kick), 7:14.

INDIVIDUAL STATS Rushing – Schulenburg: Aaron Janecek 16-97, Rodney Walton 2-46, John Davis 19-45, Byron Johnson 1-26, Da’Terrion Houston 3-9, Team 1-(-15); Rogers: Kole Stephens 5-178, Bryce Watson 8-95.

Passing – Schulenburg: Janecek 11 of 19 for 110 yards with 1 TD; Rogers: Cooper Sisneroz 2 of 4 for 22 yards and 1 TD.

Receiving – Schulenburg: Jayse Janda 3-38, Johnson 3-35, Walton 1-15, Houston 3-15, Jose Cortez 1-7; Rogers: Sam Richter 1-20, Hernandez 1-2.