A thirty-point first quarter, followed by a 20-point second quarter, sent Shiner St. Paul off to a flying start as they defeated Bryan St. Joseph 57-14 Friday night ( September 8, 2017 ) in Bryan in the season opener for the Cardinals after not playing or scrimmaging on September 1st.

St. Joseph scored early on a 78-yard strike from John Navjar to Josh Saldua. The Cardinals then got busy on the scoreboard with a pair of 31-yard touchdown runs by Conor Kresta, sandwiching a safety in less than a minute and half off the clock.

The Cardinals got a 4-yard run by Tre’Zell Jenkins-Perry at the 6:24 mark and then a 65-yard run by Joseph Natal before the end of the quarter.

In the second frame, quarterback River Haynes scored on an 18-yard run and had a 48-yard pass to Jacob Darilek; St. Paul also got a 24-yard run by Natal and was up 50-7 at the break.

Navjar got a second touchdown pass, 11 yards to Colton Slenk, in the third quarter to trim the lead down to 50-14.

St. Paul answered with Jenkins-Perry second score of the game, a 37-yard run.

The Cardinals defense held the Eagles to just 76 yards rushing and limited Navjar to six completions for 136 yards on 32 attempts with two interceptions. St. Paul also recovered a fumble.

GAME STATISTICS

   Shiner St. Paul 57, Bryan St. Joseph 14
     September 8, 2017, 7:30 p.m.
     St. Joseph Catholic School Athletic Complex, Bryan


  SCORING SUMMARY

                       1    2    3    4      F
    Shiner St. Paul   30   20    7    0  -- 57
    Bryan St. Joseph   7    0    7    0  -- 14


  SCORING DETAILS:

    First Quarter
      BSJ - Josh Saldua 78 pass from John Navjar (Navjar kick), 10:14 1Q.
      SSP - Conor Kresta 31 run (Kai Giese run), 9:25 1Q.
      SSP - Safety, 8:25 1Q.
      SSP - Kresta 31 run (Frank Benes kick), 8:05 1Q.
      SSP - Tre’Zell Jenkins-Perry 4 run (Benes kick), 6:24 1Q.
      SSP - Joseph Natal 65 run (kick failed), 1Q.

    Second Quarter
      SSP - River Haynes 18 run (kick failed), 11:24 2Q.
      SSP - Jacob Darilek 48 pass from Haynes (Benes kick), 5:41 2Q.
      SSP - Natal 24 run (kick failed), 3:49 2Q.

    Third Quarter
      BSJ - Coltin Slenk 11 pass from Navejar (Navejar kick), 3Q.
      SSP - Jenkins-Perry 37 run (Benes kick), 5:05 3Q.

    Fourth Quarter
      no score


  TEAM STATISTICS:

                     Shiner SP    Bryan SJ
    First downs             14          12
    Rushes-yards        30-356       21-76
    Passing yards           48         136
    Passes                 1-3      6-32-1
    Pensalties-yards      6-55        6-45
    Fumbles-lost           2-1         1-1
    Punts-average        0-0.0      5-30.0


  INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS:

  Rushing
    SSP: Conor Kresta 7-128, Joseph Natal 6-116, Tre’Zell Jenkins-Perry 4-42, River Haynes 1-18.
    BSJ: Twister Barrington 10-53, John Navjar 11-23.

  Passing
    SSP: Haynes 1-2-0-18, Kai Giese 0-1-0-0.
    BSJ: Najvar 6-32-2-136.

  Receiving
    SSP: Jacob Darliek 1-48.
    BSJ: Logan Libscomb 2-27, Coltin Slenk 2-21, Josh Saldua 1-78, Matthew Nelson 1-10.