Cards take 56-20 semifinal win
Thursday, December 3, 2015
St. Paul Cardinal Football | St. Paul Cardinal Sports
On a soggy night (November 27, 2015) in The Woodlands, the St. Paul Cardinals played their way to a 56-20 TAPPS Division III State Semifinals win over Beaumont Legacy Christian and earned themselves a spot in this week's state championship game.
St. Paul scored their first touchdown within the first minute of the game on an 11- yard run from T.J Bell who had 135 total rushing yards on the night. From there, the points just kept rolling.
The Cards put up three more touchdowns in the first quarter, one on a 38 yard pass from Austin Barton to Ryan Geiger and the other two on Barton runs of 77- and 21-yards.
Overall on the night, Barton had 264 yards total offense – 139 rushing yards on 10 touches including his two touchdowns, completed 5 of his 8 pass attempts for 125 passing yards and two more touchdowns, and kicked 7 of 7 successful extra points.
The Cardinals added two more touchdowns in the second quarter on a 1-yard run by Bell and a Bell reception on a 12-yard Barton pass. They allowed the Warriors one touchdown in each of the first two quarters, one in the air and one on the ground, and went into halftime with a 42-14 lead.
In the second half, St. Paul made two more trips into the end zone, one in each quarter, both on runs by Jed Janacek, who led the team with 161 rushing yards. They surrendered one more Warrior touchdown on a short 1-yard pass, but their lead was plenty to secure the semifinal win.
St. Paul (13-0) will face Cedar Hill Trinity Christian (10-3) for the TAPPS Division III State Championship on Friday (December 4, 2015) at Bastrop Memorial Stadium. Kickoff will be at 7:30 p.m.
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