Shorthorns Nearly Upset State-Ranked Burton
The Schulenburg football team almost pulled off a huge upset over No. 3-ranked Burton Friday on Homecoming night for the Shorthorns. But the Panthers (3-0) escaped by scoring two late touchdowns as part of a 30-point fourth quarter surge. Schulenburg (0-3) used a 66-yard pass from Tyler Ryba to Kenny Schramek (the duo’s third passing score of the game) to tie the game at 41-41 with just 3:04 left in the contest. But Burton’s Tyrone Gilmon ran for a go-ahead touchdown with 1;01 left and then intercepted a pass and returned it 48 yards for an insurance score with just 36 seconds left in the game. Schulenburg’s Ryba ran for two touchdowns to go with those three touchdown passes but it was not enough.
The Shorthorns will try again for their first win of the season as they travel to Poth (2-1). The Pirates beat Blanco and Falls City to start the season but lost to Shiner 22-21 last week.
Burton 56, Schulenburg 41
Score by quarters
Schulenburg 20 0 6 15 – 41 Burton 20 0 6 30 – 56
Schul. Burton
First Downs 15 19 Rushes-Yds 29-192 48-454 Passing yards 210 58 Total yards 402 512 Comp-Att-Int 9-17-1 4-7-0 Fumbles lost 3-1 1-0 Penalties-yds 6-76 4-46 Punts-Avg. 2-21 0 Scoring summary
1ST QUARTER
Sch - Schramek 25 pass from Ryba (run failed), 11:21.
Bur - Spies 4 run (D’Mitry Schulte kick), 8:33.
Bur - Spies 30 run (Schulte kick), 6:08. Sch - Schramek 31 pass from Ryba (Schramek pass from Ryba), 4:20.
Bur - Gilmon 66 run (kick failed), 3:18.
Sch - Ryba 21 run (kick blocked), 2:08 3RD QUARTER
Bur - Schubert 31 run (kick blocked), 6:38.
Sch - Ryba 4 run (kick failed), :54.
4TH QUARTER
Sch - Davis 10 run (Cortez kick), 11:56.
Bur - Gilmon 1 run (Gantt run), 9:08.
Bur - Beck 25 pass from Veliz (Schulte kick), 4:00.
Sch - Schramek 66 pass from Ryba (Ryba run), 3:04.
Bur - Gilmon 10 run (Gilmon run), 1:01.
Bur - Gilmon 48 interception return (Schulte kick), :36.
INDIVIDUAL STATS Rushing – Schulenburg: Tyler Ryba 19-115, John Davis 7-49, Rodney Walton 2-29; Burton: Tyrone Gilmon 12-193, Pierson Spies 13-129, Delvin Gantt 13-90/ Passing – Schulenburg: Ryba 8 of 16 for 179 yards with 3 Tds and 1 INT; Jayse Janda 1 of 1 for 31 yards; Burton: Gannt 3 of 5 for 33 yards.
Receiving – Schulenburg: Kenny Schramek 5-161, Aaron Janecek 2-48, Miseal Cortez 2-1; Burton: Gore 3-33.
Schulenburg’s Kenny Schramek leaps high for one of his five catches Friday. He scored three touchdowns. Photo by Audrey Kristynik