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Wild, wild shootout:
St. Paul out-scores Garland Christian, 72-63

Friday, November 18, 2011

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GEORGETOWN -- What happens when two high-powered offenses collide in the high-school playoffs? A football score that looks more like a basketball final.

Dakota Kresta scooted across the goal line with a 12-yard touchdown run with 1:47 remaining in the game Friday night to nail things down as the St. Paul Cardinals emerged with a 72-63 victory over Garland Christian in a shootout between two of the state's most prolific offenses in the TAPPS Division IV regional finals. The win sends the Cardinals to a state semifinal matchup next week against The Woodlands Christian, a 33-28 winner Friday over Muenster Sacred Heart.

The Cardinals and Swordsmen combined for 135 points and more than 1,200 yards of offense, but it was 46 second-half points by St. Paul which spelled the difference.

St. Paul responded to an opening 32-yard TD by GCA's Hayden Burnett to score twice in the first quarter for a 14-7 lead. Kresta scored on a 14-yard run and then Brett Hodges added a 1-yard run at the 2:10 mark to put the Cards out front.

The Swordsmen claimed a 28-26 halftime advantage with three second-quarter scores. Burnett hit Cody King with TD passes of 60 and 19 yards before Kresta responded with a 22-yard TD toss to Hybner, but a King interception return for a score extended the GCA lead. Martin Kennedy struck for a 46-yard TD run late in the half to put the Cardinals within two points at intermission.

The third quarter was a track meet as the teams combined for seven touchdowns.

Adam Hollenbach put the Cardinals back out front with a 49-yard scoring jaunt just 11 seconds into the half, and Brett Hodges followed moments later with a 4-yard score. Following a GCA turnover, the Cardinals marched in again, this time with Justin Natal running it in from five yards out.

King and Burnett hooked up on a 27-yard TD pass and then Burnett tossed a 21-yard score to Zev Bailey before Hodges got St. Paul's fourth score of the quarter on a 35-yard jaunt.

Two more Hodges TDs in the fourth quarter, runs of 13 and 7 yards sandwiched around a 6-yard run by Burnett, gave the Cardinals a 65-56 lead.

Burnett scored on a 10-yard dash with 4:46 left in the game before Kresta's 12-yard score put things out of reach for St. Paul.

Three St. Paul backs -- Kresta, Hodges and Kennedy -- gained more than 100 yards on the ground as the Cardinals piled up 387 yards on 51 carries. Kresta hit 11 of 18 passes for 232 yards. Burnett was a one-man wrecking crew for GCA, rushing 28 times for 265 yards and completing 18 of 42 passes for 434 but was intercepted by the Cardinals four times.


GAME STATISTICS:
statistics source: http://www.gonzalescannon.com/node/7379

  TEAM STATISTICS:
                     St. Paul      Garland
  First Downs        25            26
  Rushes-Yards       51-387        30-238
  Passing Yards      232           434
  Passes             11-18-2       18-36-4
  Punts              1-45          0
  Fumbles-lost       0-0           2-2
  Penalties-yards    7-64          8-75


SCORING SUMMARY:
                     1   2   3   4  --  Final
  Garland Christian  7  21  20  15  --   63
  St. Paul          14  12  27  19  --   72


SCORING DETAILS:

  First Quarter
     GC -- Hayden Burnett 32 yd run (Burnett kick)
     SP -- Dakota Kresta 14 run (Cole Hybner kick)
     SP -- Brett Hodges 1 run (Hybner kick)

  Second Quarter
     GC -- Cody King 60 pass from Burnett (Burnett kick)
     GC -- King 19 pass from Burnett, (Burnett kick)
     SP -- Hybner 22 pass from Kresta (pass failed)
     GC -- Cody King 20 interception return, (Burnett kick)
     SP -- Martin Kennedy 46 run, (run failed)

  Third Quarter
     SP -- Adam Hollenbach 49 run, (Hybner kick)
     SP -- Brett Hodges 4 run, (run failed)
     SP -- Justin Natal 5 run, (Hybner kick)
     GC -- Burnett to King 27 pass, (Burnett kick)
     GC -- Burnet pass Zev Bailey 21 pass, (pass failed)
     SP -- Hodges 35 run, (Hybner kick)
     GC -- Burnett 2 run, (Burnett kick)

  Fourth Quarter
     SP -- Brett Hodges 13 run (kick failed)
     GC -- Burnett 6 run, (Braxton Terry pass from Burnett)
     SP -- Hodges, 7 run, (kick failed)
     GC -- Burnett 10 run, (Burnett kick)
     SP -- Dakota Kresta, 12 run, (Hybner kick)


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS:

  Rushing
     St. Paul, Adam Hollenbach 7-79, Justin Natal 2-7, Brett Hodges 17-107,
       Dakota Kresta 12-100, Martin Kennedy 11-102.
     GCA, Marcus Ketter 1-13, Hayden Burnett 28-265, Cody King 2-4,
       Jeremy Smith 1-1, Michael Assels 2-(-8).

  Passing
     St. Paul, Dakota Kresta 11-18-2-232.
     GCA, Hayden Burnett 18-42-4-483, Braxton Berry 0-1-0.

  Receiving
     St. Paul, Martin Kennedy 3-73, Adam. Hollenbach 3-105, Cole Hybner 2-34,
       Justin Natal 2-20.
     GCA, Marcus Ketter 1-46, Cody King 4-141, Zev Bailey 9-228, Jeremy Smith 1-25,
       Brazton Bailey 1-25, Michael Assels 2-18.

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