Brooks' superhuman effort helps Shiner stay perfect, win 2A DI crown

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Shiner battled all of 2020 with a target on its back.

The Comanches (14-0) ran the table in 2A DI the entire season as the wire-to-wire No. 1 team in the state and capped it off with a 42-20 win over Post (15-1) in the state championship Thursday inside AT&T Stadium.

“They didn’t skip a beat since (summer workouts),” Shiner head coach Daniel Boedeker said. “They were determined, and it was a very special group to work with this year with all the things we had to work with week-to-week.”

After heading into the locker room up one at halftime, Shiner blanked the Antelopes in the second half, outscoring them 21-0 thanks to a forceful effort from its defense spearheaded by MVP performances from the Brooks Brothers, Doug and Dalton.

The first score in the second half came off a blocked punt from the older brother, Doug, that rolled in the endzone. The 6-foot, 265-pound defensive tackle was named the game’s Defensive MVP after also having a stripped fumble on Post’s opening drive.

“They’re gamechangers on both sides of the ball and both of them definitely did that today,” Boedeker said.

During Shiner’s next offensive possession, the Comanches hit the Antelopes with a dose of lightning on Dalton’s 24-yard scamper. He was named the game’s Offensive MVP.

“It means a lot,” Dalton Brooks said. “We came in and said we weren’t going to let the team lose. Things got rough and the team just came together, came back out in the second half and played as a team. The defense came in and started getting stops and we just made a bit more plays than other people, but we were all making plays.”

The game’s final touchdown came on a jump-pass from quarterback Tyler Palmer to Michael Williams from 27 yards out with just under three minutes remaining.

The Bold Gold battled through most of the game without their point-man quarterback Slayden Pittman. The senior exited the game on the Antelopes’ second drive with a leg injury.

After Pittman’s injury, Post had to reinvent itself on offense tossing out roughly “85 percent” of its playbooks, according to head coach Michael Pittman, including most of the traditional passing plays. Michael Pittman is also Slayden’s father..

“They adapted and kept fighting,” Michael Pittman said. “It kind of handcuffed us as far as the amount of different things that we could do.

“It was one of the tougher things I’ve done. You’ve got that (father-son) relationship, but you got a lot of other kids fighting and you’ve got to keep fighting for them. It’s a juggling act. The kids responded well, but it wasn’t easy for sure.”

Post’s offense was buoyed when senior wideout Nathan McDaniel stepped in the backfield and rattled off two big touchdowns of 78 and 35 yards. McDaniel finished with 126 yards on the ground and 92 through the air

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Score by Quarters  Score 
Shiner   14  7  14  7  42 
Post   6  14  0  0  20 

 

SCORING SUMMARY   SHINER -POST  
1st  06:44  SHINER   Max Machacek 1 yd fumble recovery (Connor Winkenwerder kick) 
           7 - 0 
  03:33  POST   Avery Clarkson 4 yd run (Avery Clarkson rush failed) 
         8 plays, 92 yards, TOP 3:02  7 - 6 
  00:38  SHINER   Zane Rhodes 3 yd run (Connor Winkenwerder kick) 
         8 plays, 90 yards, TOP 2:48  14 - 6 
2nd  11:46  POST   Nathan McDaniel 78 yd run (Avery Clarkson rush failed) 
         3 plays, 75 yards, TOP 0:52  14 - 12 
  09:13  SHINER   Dalton Brooks 18 yd run (Connor Winkenwerder kick) 
         5 plays, 76 yards, TOP 2:25  21 - 12 
  05:53  POST   Nathan McDaniel 35 yd run (Nathan McDaniel rush) 
         6 plays, 81 yards, TOP 3:13  21 - 20 
3rd  09:45  SHINER   Doug Brooks 0 yd blocked punt return (Connor Winkenwerder kick) 
           28 - 20 
  03:08  SHINER   Dalton Brooks 24 yd run (Connor Winkenwerder kick) 
         6 plays, 67 yards, TOP 2:35  35 - 20 
4th  02:39  SHINER   Micael Williams 27 yd pass from Tyler Palmer (Connor Winkenwerder kick) 
         5 plays, 45 yards, TOP 2:54  42 - 20 

 

 Team Totals SHINER POST FIRST DOWNS 16 13    Rushing 12 8    Passing 4 4    Penalty 0 1 NET YARDS RUSHING 262 269    Rushing Attempts 40 42    Average Per Rush 6.6 6.4    Rushing Touchdowns 3 3    Yards Gained Rushing 268 286    Yards Lost Rushing 6 17 NET YARDS PASSING 121 127    Completions-Attempts-Int 4-5-0 4-5-1    Average Per Attempt 24.2 25.4    Average Per Completion 30.2 31.8    Passing Touchdowns 1 0 TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 383 396    Total offense plays 45 47    Average Gain Per Play 8.5 8.4 Fumbles: Number-Lost 1-0 4-2 Penalties: Number-Yards 7-60 8-53 PUNTS-YARDS 1-52 2-37    Average Yards Per Punt 52.0 18.5    Net Yards Per Punt 52.0 7.0    Inside 20 1 0    50+ Yards 1 0    Touchbacks 0 0    Fair catch 0 0 KICKOFFS-YARDS 7-378 4-177    Average Yards Per Kickoff 54.0 44.2    Net Yards Per Kickoff 38.1 34.5    Touchbacks 1 0    Fair Catch Yards 0 0 Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD 2-23-1 0-0-0    Average Per Return 11.5 0.0 Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 4-39-0 6-86-0    Average Per Return 9.8 14.3 Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD 1-3-0 0-0-0 Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD 1-20-1 0-0-0 Miscellaneous Yards 0 0 Possession Time 22:49 25:11    1st Quarter 7:14 4:46    2nd Quarter 4:27 7:33    3rd Quarter 2:35 9:25    4th Quarter 8:33 3:27 Third-Down Conversions 4 of 8 3 of 9 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 2 2 of 4 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 2-4 1-2    Touchdowns 2-4 1-2    Field goals 0-4 0-2 Sacks By: Number-Yards 0-0 0-0 PAT Kicks 6-6 0-0 Field Goals 0-0 0-0 Points off turnovers 14 0 

Shiner

  

Post

RUSHING  No.  Gain  Loss  Net  TD  Lg  Avg. 
Zane Rhodes  10  88  88  19  8.8 
Doug Brooks  66  65  30  8.1 
Dalton Brooks  55  55  24  9.2 
Tyler Palmer  34  33  13  5.5 
Trevor Haynes  25  25  3.6 
TEAM   -4  -1.3 
Totals...  40  268  262  30  6.6 
  
RUSHING  No.  Gain  Loss  Net  TD  Lg  Avg. 
Nathan McDaniel  126  126  78  18.0 
Avery Clarkson  17  88  84  17  4.9 
Ashton Jefferson  12  59  56  24  4.7 
Steven Huff  6.0 
Slayden Pittman  2.0 
TEAM   -9  -4.5 
Totals...  42  286  17  269  78  6.4 
 
PASSING  Cmp-Att-Int  Yds  TD  Long  Sack 
Tyler Palmer  4-5-0  121  47 
Totals...  4-5-0  121  47 
  
  
  
PASSING  Cmp-Att-Int  Yds  TD  Long  Sack 
Nathan McDaniel  3-3-0  92  37 
Avery Clarkson  0-1-1 
Slayden Pittman  1-1-0  35  35 
Totals...  4-5-1  127  37 
 
RECEIVING  No.  Yds  TD  Lg 
Tyler Bishop  83  47 
Micael Williams  38  27 
Totals...  121  47 
  
RECEIVING  No.  Yds  TD  Lg 
Josiah Ward  90  35 
Krece Kirkpatrick  37  37 
Totals...  127  37 
 
PUNTING  No.  Yds  Avg  Long  In20  TB 
Micael Williams  52  52.0  52 
Totals...  52  52.0  52 
  
  
PUNTING  No.  Yds  Avg  Long  In20  TB 
Krece Kirkpatrick  37  37.0  37 
TEAM   0.0 
Totals...  37  18.5  37 
 
   Punts  Kickoffs  Intercept 
ALL RETURNS  No  Yds  Lg  No  Yds  Lg  No  Yds  Lg 
Dalton Brooks 
Trevor Haynes  14  14 
Garrett Cowan 
Doug Brooks  20  20  20 
Totals...  23  39  20 
  
   Punts  Kickoffs  Intercept 
ALL RETURNS  No  Yds  Lg  No  Yds  Lg  No  Yds  Lg 
Ashton Jefferson  67  24 
Nathan McDaniel  19  19 
Totals...  86  24 
  
  
 
ALL PURPOSE  Rush  Rcv  KR  PR  IR  Total 
Doug Brooks  65  20  20  105 
Zane Rhodes  88  88 
Tyler Bishop  83  83 
Dalton Brooks  55  63 
Trevor Haynes  25  14  39 
Micael Williams  38  38 
Tyler Palmer  33  33 
Garrett Cowan 
TEAM   -4  -4 
Totals...  262  121  39  23  448 
  
ALL PURPOSE  Rush  Rcv  KR  PR  IR  Total 
Nathan McDaniel  126  19  145 
Ashton Jefferson  56  67  123 
Josiah Ward  90  90 
Avery Clarkson  84  84 
Krece Kirkpatrick  37  37 
Slayden Pittman 
Steven Huff 
TEAM   -9  -9 
Totals...  269  127  86  482 
  
 
FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 
  
FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 
 
KICKOFFS  No.  Yds  TB  OB  Avg. 
Connor Winkenwerder  378  54.0 
  
KICKOFFS  No.  Yds  TB  OB  Avg. 
Krece Kirkpatrick  177  44.2 

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