Shorthorns Still Looking for First Victory of Season

The Schulenburg football team lost to Thorndale 36-7 Friday in the district opener for both teams. The Shorthorns fell to 0-5 overall and 0-1 in district with the loss while the Bulldogs improved to 4-1 overall and 1-0.

Schulenburg’s only score came in the fourth quarter on a Rodney Walton three-yard run. Misael Cortez added the point after kick. The Shorthorns lost six turnovers in the game, which proved costly. Schulenburg plays at Hearne this week, which was off last week. Hearne is 2-2.

Thorndale 36, Schulenburg 7

Score by quarters

Schulenburg 0 0 07–7 Thorndale 7 15 14 0 – 36

Schul. Thorn.

Rushes-Yds 34-188 36-118 Passing yards 68 259 Total yards 256 377 Comp-Att-Int 5-13-2 7-14-0 Fumbles-lost 3-2 0-0 Penalties-yds 5-36 3-28 Scoring summary 1ST QUARTER

Thorn – Beasley 69 pass from Stutts (Avalos kick), 1:24.

2ND QUARTER

Thorn – Clawson 44 pass from Stutts (Stutts run), 10:52.

Thorn – Clawson 22 pass from Stutts (Avalos kick), :03.

3RD QUARTER

Thorn – Stutts 1 run (Avalos kick), 8:21.

Thorn – Clawson 60 pass from Stutts (Avalos kick), 4:10.

4TH QUARTER

Sch – Walton 3 run (Misael Cortez kick), 6:29.

INDIVIDUAL STATS Rushing – Schulenburg: Tyler Ryba 11-77, Rodney Walton 6-53, John Davis 14-52, Aaron Janecek 1-7, Kenny Schramek 1-0, Tommy Granger 1-(-1); Raymond Avalos 10-56.

Passing – Schulenburg: Ryba 5 of 12 for 68 yards with 2 INTs, Janda 0 for 1; Thorndale: Stutts 7 of 14 for 259 yards with 4 TDs.

Receiving – Schulenburg: Schramek 3-53, Janecek 2-15; Thorndale Jayden Clawson 4-137, Clason Beasley 2-89, stiles Patin 1-33.