The Shiner Comanches run the veer-option attack, a style not exactly known for its comeback ability.
But Friday, the Comanches trailed Goliad, 29-14 going into the fourth quarter and Shiner rallied to outscore Goliad 20-0 for the 34-29 win.
Goliad scored twice in the first quarter as quarterback Nate Kowalik had touchdown passes for 18 yards to Joseph Burns and 14 yards to Desmond Perry. Shiner had 25-yard run by Michalec to trail 14-6.
Each team scored eight points in the second — Dadrian Taylor caught a 20-yard pass from Michalec and Burns scored on a 4-yard run for Goliad. The Tigers padded their lead with a 21-yard connection from Kowalik to Akil Ellis.
Early in the fourth quarter, barely a minute apart, Michalec had touchdown passes of 49 and 46 yards to Taylor.
Michalec got the game winner with 7:51 left to play with a 36-yard run.
Michalec threw for 161 yards and three touchdowns, all three to Taylor who had six catches for 156 yards.
Michalec led Shiner on the ground with 139 yards on 28 carries while Justin Stein had 68 yards on eight carries and Chad Neubauer added 50 yards on 13 attempts.
GAME SUMMARY: Shiner 34, Goliad 29 Non-District SCORING SUMMARY: Shiner 6 8 0 20 -- 34 Goliad 14 8 7 0 -- 29 SCORING DETAILS: First Quarter G-Joseph Burns 18 pass from Nate Kowalik (conversion run) 8:59 1Q S-Blake Michalec 25 run (conversion failed) 5:58 1Q G-Desmond Perry 14 pass from Kowalik (kick failed) 3:40 1Q Second Quarter S-Dadrian Taylor 20 pass from Michalec (Michalec run) 9:58 2Q G-Burns 4 run ((conversion pass) 2:14 2Q Third Quarter G-Akil Ellis 21 pass from Kowalik (Steven Koehne kick) 1:37 3Q Fourth Quarter S-Taylor 49 pass from Michalec (kick failed) 11:30 4Q S-Taylor 46 pass from Michalec (Ernie Egan pass from Brandon Cerny) 10:20 4Q S-Michalec 36 run (run failed) 7:51 4Q TEAM STATISTICS: Team stats Shiner Goliad First downs 25 18 Rushes-yards 53-275 7-6 Passing yards 187 369 Passes 9-16-2 28-38-1 Punts-average 1-40.0 2-45.5 Fumbles-lost 2-0 2-2 Penalties-yards 1-5 10-70 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS: Rushing Shiner: Blake Michalec 28-139, Justin Stein 8-68, Chad Neubauer 13-50, Dadrian Taylor 2-13, Justin Stovall 1-4, Tyler Patek 1-1. Goliad: Joseph Burns 2-8, Ty Ross 2-2, Nate Kowalik 3-(-4). Passing Shiner: Michalec 8-15-161-2, Neubauer 1-1-26-0. Goliad: Kowalik 28-38-369-1. Receiving Shiner: Taylor 6-156, Stoval 3-31. Goliad: Justin Thomas 9-97, Desmond Perry 6-77, Burns 6-76, Mac Wimberly 3-73, Akil Ellis 3-34, Colby Zamzow 1-12.