SAN ANTONIO--The St. Paul Cardinals made it 16 wins in a row Friday, racing off with a 33-0 halftime lead en route to a 59-0 shelling of San Antonio Cornerstone.
Dakota Kresta returned a pass interception 22 yards for a TD and tossed scoring passes of 24 and 31 yards to Justin Natal while Martin Kennedy and Brett Hodges scored on runs of 29 and 6 yards, respectively, as St. Paul opened a 33-0 lead by halftime.
Hodges got two more TD runs in the second half on jaunts of 6 and 7 yards, while Kresta, Kennedy and Natal all had TD runs as well.
The Cardinals amassed 414 total yards while limiting Cornerstone to just 30 in the contest. Individual Statistics RUSHING -- St. Paul, M. McElroy 8-25, J. Natal 3-59, M. Kennedy 3-55, D. Kresta 15-63, B. Hodges 15-33. PASSING -- St. Paul, D. Kresta 16-9-150-0, B. Hodges 1-1-29. RECEIVING -- St. Paul, J. Natal 3-57, M. Kennedy 3-54, B. Hodges 3-35, C. Hybner 1-4, M. McElroy 1-29.
GAME STATISTICS:Team Statistics Cornerstone St.Paul First Downs 4 16 Yards Rushing 24-(-22) 44-235 Yards Passing 52 179 Passes 8-21-2 10-17-0 Punts 4-122 1--23 Fumbles-lost 1-1 1 Penalties-yards 10-90 6-37 SCORING SUMMARY: 1 2 3 4 -- Final St. Paul 14 19 6 20 -- 59 Cornerstone 0 0 0 0 -- 0 SCORING DETAILS: First Quarter STP -- Dakota Kresta 22 interception return (Cole Hybner kick) STP -- Justin Natal 24 pass from Kresta (Hybner kick) Second Quarter STP -- Martin Kennedy 29 run (Hybner kick) STP -- Natal 31 pass from Kresta (run failed) STP -- Brett Hodges 6 run (kick failed) Third Quarter STP -- Kresta 2 run (kick failed) Fourth Quarter STP -- Kennedy 49 run (Hybner kick). STP -- Hodges 7 run (kick failed) STP -- Natal 38 run (Hybner kick) INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS: Rushing Rockwall, Raymon Stewart 4-(-10), Justo Garcia 10-12, Aaron Eastin 7-32, Shelby Sharpless 2-7. St. Paul, Adam Hollenbach 17-160, Martin Kennedy 10-138, Brandon Sciba 5-174, Devin Pesek 5-11, Blue Hybner 3-37, Stephen Curtiss 1-(-1), Spahn 1-1. Passing Rockwall, Garcia 15-43-0-189, Eastin 1-1-0-7. St. Paul, Pesek 7-13-1-159. Receiving Rockwall, Eastin 9-132, Raymon Stewart 5-27, Seth Berkshier 1-17. St. Paul, Justin Natal 3-75, Sciba 3-52, Dakota Kresta 1-25.