SAN ANTONIO -- The Cardinals roared back from their first district loss as Brett Hodges scored four touchdowns in rolling past San Antonio St. Gerard 57-12.
St. Paul scored three times in the first period and twice more in the second to open a 37-0 lead.
Dakota Kresta hit Adam Hollenbach with a 60-yard scoring toss to get the Cardinals started, and Justin Natal followed with a 62-yard punt return for a touchdown. Hodges upped the lead by gathering in a 10-yard TD pass from Kresta.
Kresta and Natal teamed on a 30-yard scoring pass in the second period and Hodges closed the first half with a 5-yard scoring run.
Hodges added TD runs of 5 and 30 yards in the third period before St. Gerard got on the scoreboard on Greg Scott's 46-yard scoring run.
St. Paul got its final score on a 1-yard run by Cole Hybner following a 44-yard interception return by Jared Markham.
GAME STATISTICS:
statistics source: http://www.gonzalescannon.com/node/7020Team Statistics St.Gerard St.Paul First Downs 6 17 Yards Rushing 28-156 34-259 Yards Passing 49 18 Passes 7-19-2 8-15-0 Punts 7-222 2-81 Fumbles-lost 0-0 0-0 Penalties-yards 11-85 11-83 Individual Statistics SCORING SUMMARY: 1 2 3 4 -- Final St. Paul 21 16 13 7 -- 57 SA St. Gerard 0 0 6 6 -- 12 SCORING DETAILS: First Quarter SP-Adam Hollenbach 60 pass from Dakota Kresta (Cole Hybner kick) SP-Justin Natal 62 punt return (Hybner kick) SP-Brett Hodges 10 pass from Kresta (Hybner kick) Second Quarter SP-Natal 30 pass from Kresta (Hybner run) SP-Hodges 5 run (Mitchell McElroy pass from Hybner) Third Quarter SP-Hodges 5 run (Hybner kick) SP-Hodges 30 run (conversion failed) SA-Greg Scott 46 run (conversion failed) Fourth Quarter SP-Hybner 1 run (Hybner kick) SA-Ernest McFadden 2 run (conversion failed) INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS: Rushing San Antonio St. Gerard, S. Medina 7-15. St. Paul, C. Hybner 9-44, J. Natal 6-104, B. Hodges 13-102. Passing San Antonio St. Gerard, S. Medina 16-6-49-1. St. Paul, D. Kresta 9-5-156-0, B. Hodges 6-3-25-0. Receiving St. Paul, J. Natal 4-91, B. Hybner 2-20, A. Hollenbach 1-60, B. Hodges 1-10.