The St. Paul Cardinals improved to 3-0 in district with a 35-14 win at Schertz John Paul II as senior running back Conor Kresta put in another outstanding game as he ran for 214 yards and four touchdowns.

The Guardians scored early on a 46-yard run by Cameron Rhoder and the Cardinals answered a couple of minutes later with a 35-yard run by Kresta. Both teams missed their respective extra points, leaving a 6-6 game.

St. Paul’s defense earned a safety a few minutes into the second frame and scored shortly after on a 5-yard run by Tre’Zell Jenkins-Perry for a 15-6 lead.

Kresta had a 1-yard run with 8:08 left in third quarter.

JPII got within 22-14 as Colin Garrett caught a 65-yard pass from Hunter Albrecht and Rhodes had the two-point run.

Kresta had a 4-yard run late in the third and added a 9-yard run with just under four minutes left in the game.

GAME STATISTICS

   Shiner St. Paul 35, Schertz John Paul II 14
     Friday, October 13, 2017, 7:30 p.m.
     Schertz


  SCORING SUMMARY:

                                 1    2    3    4      F
    Shiner St. Paul              6    9   14    6  -- 35
    John Paul II                 6    0    8    0  -- 14


  SCORING DETAILS:

    First Quarter
      JPII — Cameron Rhoder 46 run (kick failed), 11:01 1Q.
      SSP — Conor Kresta 35 run (kick failed), 9:32 1Q.

    Second Quarter
      SSP — Safety, 8:50 2Q.
      SSP — Tre’Zell Jenkins-Perry 5 run (Frank Benes kick), 8:02 2Q.

    Third Quarter
      SSP — Kresta 1 run (Benes kick), 8:08 3Q.
      JPII — Colin Garrett 65 pass from Hunter Albrecht (Rhoder run), 6:17 3Q.
      SSP — Kresta 4 run (Benes kick), 3:05 3Q.

    Fourth Quarter
      SSP — Kresta 9 run (kick failed), 3:51 4Q.


  TEAM STATISTICS:

                       St.Paul  John Paul II
    First downs             17             6
    Rushing             46-356         24-30
    Passing                  0           125
    Passes                 0-6        5-20-1
    Penalties           12-110          5-35
    Fumbles                3-1           0-0
    Punting            3-33.66       6-30.66


  INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS:

  Rushing
    SSP:  Conor Kresta 23-214, River Haynes 7-66, Tre’Zell Jenkins-Perry 9-34, Kai Giese 4-31, Joseph Natal 3-11.
    JPII: Cameron Rhoder 15-49, Colin Garrett 1-12, Hunter Albrecht 8-(-41).

  Passing
    SSP:  Haynes 0-5-0-0, Giese 0-1-0-0.
    JPII: Albrecht 5-20-1-125.

  Receiving
    JPII: Garrett 3-86, Hayden Scott 2-39.